Toys for Boys (and Mums)

The Mums have been out in force this week. hunting down the best toyshops in Seattle's East side. Apparently Xander is not particularly fussy about which toys he likes, but once he has one he likes, he will not give it up. In fact, his new ride on was so popular Pearl and Mum could not make him part with it, even when they were trying to put him back into the car. They had to pry his hands of it one at a time as they buckled him in. All the way home he had it clenched tightly in his little hands. But since then he has been wandering around the apartment pushing the cart around. To avoid this situation with the expensive toys, Pearl and Mum carefully navigate the store. And in the cases where a large expensive toy comes into his grip, they distract him with smaller and smaller toys until they can get safely out of the store.

Xander just loves the mall. They have two playgrounds inside. We discovered the second one recently and it is a bit more out of the way, and therefore less populated. While not as active as the other kids who jump and run around all over the playgroup, Xander takes his time observing the goings on and tries his best to explore the "ship".

Finding friends in this town should not be hard. He has already discovered Lily who lives in the same complex as us. She has a Cantonese live-in nanny, so my Mum has been spending a bit of time there chatting to the old lady. Xander has an amazing ability to charm the females, young and old. He is cheeky and saves his biggest smiles for the girls. I am sure this is part of his cunning plan to take over the world. He already has his mum and grandmother doing exactly as he wants, even though they think they are operating of their own free wills.

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