The Dora Phase Has Begun

It is official. Lila loves Dora the Explorer!

Her first look at the Dora knows your name doll.

Holding her Dora doll and watching a Dora DVD.

This is a huge event in our house. You see, Lila doesn't like T.V. Not at all, not even one little bit. She never would watch a Baby Einstein video, no Barney, no Teletubbies. Nothing! That was sorta fine b/c I'm not a huge fan of T.V. for the kids anyway, but sometimes it does come in handy. You know, sometimes you need a shower or to make lunch and it would be nice for Lila to be occupied with something.

Last week Sunny put in a Dora DVD and Lila was hooked. This week I remembered that Mok had given Sunny a Dora knows your name doll when she was 1 1/2 or 2. I knew I had saved it, but where? Well, I found the doll easily. Lila was thrilled. It was programmed to say Sunny and all the things Sunny likes. The problem was that the doll came with a special USB cord and a CD to program it with, and of course we used it once and stuck it somewhere back when we lived with my parents. I was on a mission to find it and luckily the CD and cord were in the same box together in the basement and I found them easily (it pays to be semi-organized :).

So, we programmed Dora and now she knows Lila's name and all of her favorite things and Lila is in Heaven!

At first she carried around Dora and her other favorite doll of the moment, Mariah (also from Mok to Sunny years ago). Pretty soon Mariah was put in the toy box and Dora is ruling the roost!