Thursday, February 18, 2010

A New Education


Okay, so if you would have asked me a year ago who Dora and Diego were, I would have looked at you and said, huh? But this year, I know exactly who they are and I have probably watched most of the episodes of Dora, more than once! So when I read a poster in the mall that Dora was coming to town I asked my dd if she thought Monkeyface would like to go and see them. So yesterday, off we went to the mall. I got there before the designated time and I saw a very long lineup. Now, I have always said it isn't what you know but who you know that counts in this world and again, I was proven correct!! There, in the front of the line were 2 of my scrapping buddies and they called me over and told me to stick with them, they are the pros of children's stuff, they had been there since 8:30 waiting, had even packed a picnic breakfast!!! Now, my hat is off to these ladies, they knew their stuff. Monkeyface seemed alittle overwhelmed by all the people and I had been alittle nervous about taking her into the mall as she tends to like to run, usually away from me!! But she stuck right close and when she saw Dora coming down the hall, she was sooooo excited. As they lined up for photos and there were a few others that had won contests I think, that got to go ahead of the lineups, she talked a mile a minute about Dora and Diego and where was Boots, and look she had her backpack on and oh grandma, there's the map, you get the picture, right? then, came time to go on stage and get her photo with them, guess what, no way was she going, no, no, no, so I hauled her up there and stood with her almost glued to my leg!!! And, then as we left, she turns around and waves and says, bye Dora!!!! Fear seemed to be forgotten already!! oh well, she didn't really like Santa either!! When I asked her later why she was so scared of them, she said, "Diego, too big!!!" So I guess, from afar, they looked okay, but up close, they were just too big! All in all, it was a great day spent with my dear little Monkeyface. I got to have her for the entire day and she is soooo much fun. She seems to have learned something new everytime I see her.