Best Friends

If you don't know who Dora the Explorer is, you're missing out on something. Grace absolutely loves Dora. We first learned about Dora shortly before Grace's first birthday. A friend of mine was getting ride of all of her old baby stuff and I was able to nab a Dora VHS. From there Dora transformed from an ordinary cartoon character to one of Grace's friends.

Grace's language skills aren't good enough for me to know exactly what she's thinking but I know that Dora is considered a very close personal friend. When Grace is playing quietly by herself, she is often talking and playing with Dora. Dora has been known to join us at our dinner table, be the first one in the bath tub and she has her own spot beside Grace in the stroller. Grace has a Dora swim suit, many Dora crafts and two Dora figureens (taken home from Nursery after too many fights were instigated by Grace when others tried to play with them.)

About two weeks ago I say a sign out in front of the new CIBC in our nieghbour. "Meet Dora the Explorer at our Family Fun Day." Stu quickly agreed that we just had to take our littlest fan to she her friend.

Well today was the day.

As you can see Grace loved it. She got to hug Dora, check out map and backpack and get her picture taken with Dora. She had a hard time when it was time to leave and let other children see Dora but she got to watch Mommy get her face painted, get a Dora sticker and colour a picture. Considering that Grace has no concept of time, waiting and ines she took it like a champ.

As I write this Grace is on the couch beside me watching Dora and her friend Boots the monkey climb the mountain to get to the playground while holding her picture of Dora and Grace.

Thank you Dora the Explorer for making my little explorer so happy. And thank you to the nice people at CIBC who had to put up hundreds of over excited toddlers today.