We all have things we tell ourselves we will never do as parents. One of those things for me- that I let go of pretty quickly- was ‘no commercial characters in the house.’

You can guess how that went. By the time my son was eighteen months he was saying ‘Elmo’ and now we have crossed over into ‘Diego’ territory.

Prudent Baby has completely inspired me, however, with this ‘Dora’ birthday that is oh-so-not-Dora. Thank you! Creative mom Jaime translated her daughter’s penchant for Dora into one heck of a fiesta. You won’t want to miss all of the details over on her site.