When my first kid was all of eight months old, my friend’s daughter uttered some phrase about “choco-latte.” I looked at her sideways. “Is that from a kindermusik class or something?” I asked. “No, it’s from Dora the Explorer,” she said. “Dora the what?” I replied. “You don’t know Dora?” she said, shocked. “Don’t worry you will. You will.” Sure, I will, I thought. My son isn’t going to be into some girly show like that; not when there’s Elmo, The Wiggles, and the oh so masculine Barney to entertain him.
Well, if I could “abre” my mouth and insert my foot, I would. In the eight years following that day I first heard of the little Latino lass, I’ve watched my two children follow Map up every purple mountain, over every flowy river and past every troll guarded gate.
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I am right there with you having a son who LOVES Dora… He can count to 20 in English and count to 5 in Spanish and can spell dog and he knows a lot of words in Spanish it amazes me… And he just turned 3! Yep thats right my 3 year old is smarter and well traveled then most grown ups =)
Thanks to Dora and actually the whole Nick Jr. program
Yo adoro a Dora. Muy bueno!
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I first swa Dora after my daughter told me about her. She really enjoys watching her and her friends. Shes adorably teaching our kids good morals. The map reading is the best!
Happy Birthday Dora, you rocked my kids world!
I didn’t meet Dor until my grandchildren introduced her to me. But she seemed to be a great guide to all. Happy Birthday.