Checking in Downtown

We went downtown last week for the girls' regular doctor check ups, but didn't really get a chance to do fun exploring, so we decided another trip was needed before school started.  We also have a new family in Jeff's office who we're showing around.  They have a girl just about Vivian's age, so we figured she would like a lot of the same things.  We got the dads to come with us and went to lunch at Central World.  The adults all wanted dim sum, so we went to Din Tai Fung.  Vivian wasn't as interested though, so along the way, we stopped at Auntie Anne's to pick up her favorite pretzel and lemonade.  With her usually creativity, she found a way to turn it into an Asian dish by ripping the pretzel into small bits and picking it up with her chopsticks.

After lunch, the dads had to go back to work, so the moms took the two girls exploring in the mall.  Vivian made us stop at the Disney/Marvel store next to the movie theater.  She spent some time admiring Captain America.

Then we went to the 6th floor of Central World, which is basically the kids' zone.  We got off the escalator right in front of Toys R Us which set off a chorus of "please, please", so we let them go in to look around with the clear understanding that we were not buying anything.  It was toy sensory overload.  Both of the girls got excited about the My Little Pony stuff.  The displays were pretty big.

After that, they did some climbing and sliding at the play area behind Toys R Us, and then collapsed on the chairs and cushions at Asia Books.

The rest helped.  Vivian picked a Disney encyclopedia as her book treat.  It had a section of "Tricky Trivia" questions, which she had a lot of fun quizzing us with, even though she had to practice saying the word trivia several times before she got it right.  There wasn't too much traffic on the ride home, which made for a nice ending to a fun day out.