Dora's Backpack and Map

Grace could hardly contain herself when she received her good friends Ella and Owen's belated birthday gift last week. Their very clever Mommy, Susan, handmade a Dora backpack and map. As if that wasn't to be beat, she also included an adorable Dora nightgown inside the backpack. The backpack has only been with us a short while and has already taken a shower with Grace. The map has a special place in her very teeny toddler bed which can surprisingly hold a lot of toys. And I'm instructed daily to give the backpack "cookies" after which Grace will say, "yum yum yum! DELICIOSO." We miss our friends very much and wish getting from Boise to Pittsburgh were as easy as crossing highest mountain, passing through the snowy forest, and crossing the grumpy old troll's bridge.