A Dora Tent for Brooklyn

The internet is such a beautiful thing.  Right now Brooklyn absolutely loves Dora the Explorer and really I love it that she does.  They are silly little shows, but they actually do sneak in some learning opportunities.  Not that we spend a lot of time watching movies - she is still just 2 after all.  But it is an easy way to transition to quiet time and that does lead to a nap or bedtime.  When she's at MawMaw's house she wants to go-go-go and this helps.

Anyway, Loni is planning a sleepover for Brooklyn and her cousins.  Naturally that calls for a tent, so she turned to Craigslist and lo and behold found a Dora tent!  Luckily it was very close to me (being in DFW you just never know where you might end up), so off I went one evening.

I do have to say the 'pick-up' was funny in itself.  I agreed to meet the mom tent owner in the CVS parking lot, you know, so we would be in a public place and all that.  She had her young daughter and slightly older son with her and we chatted for a minute, then she got the tent out very quickly and into my truck.  Apparently we were hoping for the daughter to not see her tent leaving and she was successful.  I paid her and off I went, thinking what a strange feeling it was to meet a stranger in a parking lot, hand her money and leave with a tent.

We opened up the tent last night to check it out and Lynne' crawled inside to insert the stabilizer bar at the top.  Joe, our trusty golden retriever, thought this was a grand idea and went right in after her.  The tent has a back door and he went in and out the doors several time, wagging his tail and enjoying the moment.

Good times...............

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Before I forget - I need to announce the winner of the book!  The winner is Grammy of The Kinz Family News!  Thanks to all for entering - I enjoyed being able to do this.