And the Emmy goes to...

Coco Parr! We have conjectured that our baby girl is a bit of a drama queen since birth. The doctor who checked her at the hospital called her a little 'diva' and nearly 3 years later, our pediatrician still calls her 'drama.' Her flair for the dramatic is becoming less obscure as she gets older. Like most toddlers, she gets hooked on a movie and we watch it over and over and over for what seems like months. The film fave of the moment is The Little Mermaid. I thought she practically had it memorized and tonight this suspicion was confirmed. She was throwing around some stuffed animals and Donald told her to stop and pick them up. She turned around and in her best Aerial impression said, "I'm not a child!" (If you're not a Little Mermaid buff, Aerial says that very phrase to her father when he is scolding her for going to the surface.) You should also know that I sometimes find her brushing her hair with a fork (Aerial does this in the movie too) and trying to kiss me like Prince Eric kisses Aerial. She now uses words like beautiful and wonderful too. It's hilarious really but does make me wonder...do we have the next Susan Lucci in our family? As she watches movies and "acts" out right along with the characters I can almost hear the words: And the Emmy goes to Coco Parr!

This is Coco dodging her own photographic paparazzi, me! She's already got the celebrity hand-in-the-camera pose mastered. (Yes, she's in the dryer.)