Everything began much like Dora’s adventures do – getting somewhere with the help of Map. Diane gathered all the young kids to sing Map’s song and read over and discuss the directions for getting to Hannah’s birthday party.
The adventure began with the kids needing to find flowers to place back in a garden. We’re guessing Swiper swiped them all and hid them in various places. (Vanessa found three flowers and did a wonderful job returning them to the garden.)
Next they had to climb a tall mountain, which happened to be stairs, and feed Lisa the Lizard (© Thom and Diane), Isa the Iguana’s cousin. (Vanessa also really enjoyed helping with that – she fed Lisa several insects.)
Then the kids had to find their way thru a tunnel where at the end they found Swiper, who needed help reattaching his tail, so the kids played a game of Pin the Tail on Swiper. (Vanessa loved crawling through the tunnel until she neared the end and saw a bunch of little faces in waiting – she seemed a little intimidated and decided to back all the way out.)
Next they had to climb a tall mountain, which happened to be stairs, and feed Lisa the Lizard (© Thom and Diane), Isa the Iguana’s cousin. (Vanessa also really enjoyed helping with that – she fed Lisa several insects.)
Then the kids had to find their way thru a tunnel where at the end they found Swiper, who needed help reattaching his tail, so the kids played a game of Pin the Tail on Swiper. (Vanessa loved crawling through the tunnel until she neared the end and saw a bunch of little faces in waiting – she seemed a little intimidated and decided to back all the way out.)
After giving everyone a chance to pin the tail on Swiper, the kids made it to Hannah’s party! (Vanessa liked putting on the blindfold but cared less about pinning the tail to anything – she just wanted to walk around blindfolded, like she often does at home . . . crazy girl . . .)
Hannah’s a sweetheart with a very strong personality. And that’s great since she has to keep up (and put up) with three older brothers, which her Aunt Vicky can relate to! She also has a very soft and sweet side to her. She’s a doll. Hannah shares a lot of her things with Vanessa – toys, clothes, etc. And it seems she also shares some hilariously funny character traits . . . the result from me counting down for a picture – they smiled real big, squinted and said cheese simultaneously:
(I'm sure Hannah's mother would appreciate it if I point out that the orange tint around Hannah's mouth is from eating cheesy poofs.)
