Playdate!

Drew and her best buddy Meghan had a little playdate this weekend.

 Toys out in every room in the house and a happy Drew = Successful playdate.

Doing a little dancing at the Royal Ball aka the game room.

Taking the longest nap either of them have taken in over a month - 8 seconds.

Toy Story Addict

And now for Drew's latest trick: reciting movie lines. Mostly from Toy Story 1, here are her regulars:

"Look, I'm a Picasso!"

"I don't get it."

"You uncultured swine!"

"What are you looking at, Hockey Puck?"

And my favorite Drew quote from Toy Story (she does both parts, quite well, I might add):

We'll work on getting video of her actually doing these quotes.

Rock Star!

This weekend Drew went to Maya's 7th Birthday Party -- a Rock Star party. She had so much fun getting her nails painted (by Gigi), and her hair (by Kendra) and makeup (by Sheena) done. Here are a few shots of the party (Lindsey did an amazing job with 21 girls 7-years-old-and-under running around!). The party ended with a runway show that Drew fully embraced. Surprise, surprise.

Taylor (3), Drew (2), Teagen (2)

Work It!

Busy Bee!

This week, I was able to go to Mommy and Me Princess Ballet Class. Not exactly the most ballet-oriented, but who can resist a little girl in a tutu??

Stretching is serious business.

Next on our list of sports to try: swimming and then gymnastics. In the winter, we'll draw straws to see who gets to (has to) do Mommy and Me Ice Skating.

Today, with mommy off work, we had a little girls date at the Discovery Cube, a kid's museum in Santa Ana.

 

We made rivers and dams in the sand and water....and had to clean ourselves up several times.

We watched 5 minutes of a 14-minute 4-D underwater movie. 

And of course we spent a little time at the hockey exhibit, checking out all the Anaheim Ducks gear and games. Maybe next time she can race Ryan Getzlaf or test the weight of Teemu's uniform and skates. She did get to drive the Zamboni though!

Trouble when left alone. Obviously.

....she found Grammy's mascara that is stashed in her car and decided to apply her own. Honestly...not a bad attempt! I think she had more success than I did with my first trial-run in high school.

She is quickly becoming an awesome swimmer, seriously. She kickboards around the pool like she's a pro-boogie-boarder, she dives for rings like she's a Cousteau and she's been experimenting with the breastroke, freestyle, the backstroke and her turnaround at the pool wall. I'm not joking, she is actually picking up these things from I-don't-know-where.

My baby...

is in a big girl bed!!

She's about to turn 3, she's potty-trained and her crib is in pieces in storage! When did this happen?

At least she still has time for silly old Mom..

Future Gratton Swagger Wagon?

Meet Michelle Phelps

While it's not quite warm enough to swim in the unheated big pool, it has been warm enough to heat the jacuzzi and let get her sea legs back.

She's getting braver and braver: plunging herself underwater, touching the bottom and bouncing up to the surface again.

Our cute little alien.

Happy May!

On Mother's Day I got to sleep in all the way to 8am, yay! Drew, Grammy and I had pedicures together at Happy Nail, followed by a nap (even bigger yay), then we topped it off with dinner at Brasserie Pascal in Newport Beach.

In case you couldn't tell, Drew's favorite color is pink. Even though Daddy tries to convince her it is blue.

Notice Mommy getting in for a bite...or two.

Drew quotes

Here are 4 that I was able to quickly scribble down yesterday:

Drew: what's that?
Jeremy: guacamole
Drew: oh, I don't like rock-a-molty

Mommy: what color are you going to paint your toes at your pedicure Sunday?
Drew: pink! you're pink and grammy's pink too!
Mommy: are you Pinkalicious?
Drew: No, I am not Pinkalicious! I am normald.

Drew: I tooted. It's a stinky toot! I stink-tooted!

Drew: Want to see my clever trick? (then she usually does something standing on her head, or attempts to)

**These -isms come firing out of her mouth faster than I can write them down. She probably said all of these in the span of 1 hour. I am starting to feel like a reporter interviewing Chad Ochocinco, trying to scribble down what she says word-for-word.