All is not quiet on the home front while Mommy is away.

While Mommy was teaching Curious George new ways to abuse the language on the way to see Dora Live, the girls were all alone with Daddy. It took all of 2 minutes after mommy left for Thing 1 to throw up on the carpet in front of the TV. I picked up Thing 2 to put her behind the corral for her safety, and carried Thing 1 to the kitchen where she proceeded to throw-up again covering most of the kitchen floor. She was very upset because of being sick and being wet.

On the bright side, yes there is one, it was not because she is still sick, she had just eaten some food a little too fast and when she coughed she threw-up and kept on going. After a long time of cleaning up both the girl and the floor, which still annoyingly smells like resolve, everyone had a good lunch including Thing 1 and had a nice nap.

By the time Mommy and CG arrived back home, everything was quiet except for the boy who was too hyped up about Dora Live. Of course that was until Thing 1 and Thing 2 woke up from their nap. I went to go get them only to find Thing 1 completely naked except for a diaper and socks. Her pj's were on the floor, and no there is no stripper pole in the room so I do not know how she managed it. When I got both of them downstairs, Mommy had the wonderful luxury of discovering Thing 1 ALMOST.. I repeat ALMOST had another liquid poop event. We managed to squeak by. Of course, since she was naked, it would have just been on her bed, the floor, and probably her sister by the time we got upstairs..

Dora The Explorer

Curious George had his first live theater experience this morning watching Dora The Explorer Live. It was just the two of us, while the girls stayed with Daddy. It was a minor event driving there, with the excitement of learning a new curse word from me when I turned the wrong way into a one-way street. The darn GPS quit giving me direction when I passed my destination and I was left to my own devices how to turn around and get to the parking deck. It was the S*** word, which in the grand scheme of swear words is pretty minor. He did repeat it twice, and quit after I explained to him that it was a bad word.

The minute we walked into the theater, all the kids congregated around the merchandise for sale. What else, right?! Curious George wanted the spinning light thingamajigg.

After the 10-mile long line to use the women's restroom, we finally settled into our seats. Even CG asked whey we weren't waiting in front of the gentlemen's restroom because it didn't have a line instead.

Toward the end of the show, the most hilarious thing happened. Dora reached the City of Lost Toys where all lost toys go. She found everyone's lost toys except for her own teddy bear. She's a little sad about it and broke into a song. While she was singing, Curious George yelled at the top of his lungs, "IT'S BEHIND THE RED BALL! IT'S BEHIND THE RED BALL!!!"

From the moment the last scene opened, CG had been looking for everyone's lost toys. But to build the suspense, Dora's teddy bear was hidden behind a big red ball and was the last toy to be found. A whole lot of parents turned towards us with big smiles on their faces when CG yelled out to tell Dora where her bear was. There is a lot to be said for parents taking their little kids to a kid show. The camaraderie was palpable. Had this been any other show (without kids in the audience), we may have had to dodge flying objects.

Oh, and what's up with the prices of the Dora merchandise?! $15 for that little light thiggy!

The smile and the excitement on Curious George's face when the curtain opened was priceless. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Me and My Team

Thank you, Dora and Diego, for keeping the little ones company. You didn't mind the germ-infested livingroom, and held down the fort with me.

Oh and thank you, DVR. I can only take "More Diego, more diego!" so many times.

And thank you, Clorox wipes. Until the next outbreak.

We make a great team. We'll do lunch.