Tucker's New Love

I am not sure what we created when we took Tucker to see Dora "in concert." He is now obsessed.  Dora is more important than his precious puppy, Ruff-Ruff, more special than his beloved music teacher, Ruth and ranks higher than his wonderful babysitter, Fleur.  I really didn't think anyone or anything could rise above these treasures, but Dora has.  Tucker sleeps with 2 Dora figures and one Boots figure (which he calls Dora too).  He arranges his Dora stickers from his cousins over and over and points to each one and names it. He wears a Dora bandaid on his arm- the one with Dora in the sun is "Dora hot" and the one with Dora on the beach is "Dora blue."  He shows these bandaids to everyone who will look and he carries the figures with him where ever we go. If someone tries to even look at Dora, he says, "No! Dora mine!"  His favourite game is, "Hi Dora." Basically, what you do is hold a Dora figure (and he does the same) and you say, "Hi Dora." Then you do it over and over again. Sometimes, if you are lucky, Dora will get on the bus and go to her house. Then the game becomes, "Dora House."  And, to top it all off, he wakes in the night crying, "Dora, Dora." when she falls from his bed.  If I had a dime for every time he says the word "Dora" throughout the day (and night for that matter), I would be a rich woman. I really do not see the attraction.  She yells and repeat herself too many times throughout each show.  Her best friend is a monkey and a backpack that says, "Delisicioso" when you put something in it and she falls for that darn Swiper's tricks every time. To me, she is creepy, but to Tucker, right now, she is everything. I know this phase will end soon, but for now, I will be getting up in the night to put the "Doras three" back in bed and will be playing, "Hi Dora" all day long.

"MAMA! DORA!"

My apologies to any of you Dora fans out there, but heck, this is MY blog, right? :)