Beware, parents, of hiring a "character actor" for your child's birthday party. You may be, like me, one of the moms who answers the door to "HOT DORA". She exists. I kid you not.
It was 2005. All my daughter wanted for her third birthday party was for Dora to attend. Tico, Boots, and Benny the Bull were also invited. I wanted her to be happy, so I embarked on making it the best "Dora" themed party I could.
I had a Dora bouncie-house, a Dora cake, Dora plates, Dora napkins, Dora tablecloths, Dora balloons, you name it. If it had Dora on it, we had it. My aunt Sally who sews made my little birthday princess a red Dora print dress, with a matching halter top for me. ( I thought I would be rockin' the "girls" at my kiddie party. Turns out, not so much.)
Halfway into the festivities, the "Dora-bell" rings. I open it, to find a bewigged twenty-five year old Dora with a twenty five inch waist and twenty five pound breasts. She wore a tiny pink T-shirt, with the tiny orange shorts, with the little white keds, and the purple backpack to top it all off. I am pretty sure they were the size that "TV cartoon Dora" would wear, were she a REAL
5-year-old.
Man, were all the dads who were DRAGGED to the party by their wives HAPPY!!!
(Swiper, NO SWIPING!...awww, MAN!)
As "Hot Dora" led the kids all around the yard in search of candy treasure, she would pause intermittently to have the kids act like different animals. When they got to the "bunny" part, it was all I could do not to scream at the top of my lungs, "STOP JUMPING!!!!" ( I was worried she might get a black eye and ruin my daughter's party!)
You would think I would learn. The kids had so much fun, and my husband was more than happy to hand over the $200.00 fee (one for each breast?!). We ended up hiring the same company for my daughter's 4th birthday, which had a "Little Mermaid" theme.
You guessed it. "Hot Ariel". Damn.
It was 2005. All my daughter wanted for her third birthday party was for Dora to attend. Tico, Boots, and Benny the Bull were also invited. I wanted her to be happy, so I embarked on making it the best "Dora" themed party I could.
I had a Dora bouncie-house, a Dora cake, Dora plates, Dora napkins, Dora tablecloths, Dora balloons, you name it. If it had Dora on it, we had it. My aunt Sally who sews made my little birthday princess a red Dora print dress, with a matching halter top for me. ( I thought I would be rockin' the "girls" at my kiddie party. Turns out, not so much.)
Halfway into the festivities, the "Dora-bell" rings. I open it, to find a bewigged twenty-five year old Dora with a twenty five inch waist and twenty five pound breasts. She wore a tiny pink T-shirt, with the tiny orange shorts, with the little white keds, and the purple backpack to top it all off. I am pretty sure they were the size that "TV cartoon Dora" would wear, were she a REAL
5-year-old.
Man, were all the dads who were DRAGGED to the party by their wives HAPPY!!!
(Swiper, NO SWIPING!...awww, MAN!)
As "Hot Dora" led the kids all around the yard in search of candy treasure, she would pause intermittently to have the kids act like different animals. When they got to the "bunny" part, it was all I could do not to scream at the top of my lungs, "STOP JUMPING!!!!" ( I was worried she might get a black eye and ruin my daughter's party!)
You would think I would learn. The kids had so much fun, and my husband was more than happy to hand over the $200.00 fee (one for each breast?!). We ended up hiring the same company for my daughter's 4th birthday, which had a "Little Mermaid" theme.
You guessed it. "Hot Ariel". Damn.
3 comments:
Maybe you guys need to start having a Pirate themed party and maybe Johnny Depp will show up??
ahahahahaha "swiper no swiping". Hilarious. Yeah - my husband was rolling his eyes at having to do the Princess Lunch at Disney til Jasmine came over to the table. Now that's his favorite pic. Retard.
BLOGHER '10 BABY!!!!!!!
oh boy, the challenge of being a parent: making sure cartoon characters don't look like an adult's halloween costume. good thing you keep your eyes on hot dora!
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