Cupid and I finally decided to do some christmas shopping yesterday. First stop was at the Toys "R" Us store inside Robinson's Galleria. It was a joy seeing Maia's eyes light up when she saw all the many toys, and more so when she got to "sample" playing with them. She tinkered with the toy grand piano, pointed to some kiddie bicycles, slid on some slides, but spent a good part of her time banging on the Dora the Explorer drum set (I tell, you, she was a natural!). It took a bit of effort to pry her from everything (which was expected when you put a 2-year old inside a toy store). But it had to be done because pretty soon she seemed to want everything she could put her hands on. And we couldn't allow that. We needed to think long and hard to ensure that the gift we will soon buy for Maia will be worth it and one that she will actually love and enjoy playing with. Good thing we still have enough time to decide.
In order to actually start buying gifts, we had to take Maia and her Yaya Ann to Austin's Land, the kiddie play area inside Tom's World. Good thing we did just that because it made Maia forget all about Toys "R" Us! Inside were padded and water-inflated (that's right...water!) ball swims, see-saws, and slides. which just aroused my little toddler's curiosity. She wanted to see where the water was coming and going, and wondered how come she wasn't getting wet...she kept asking her yaya, "Where's water?" Hahaha...cute huh?! :-)
