Park Kowloon

There's a park across the street that I've been meaning to take CJ to for weeks. It didn't look too inviting from the outside but it's really a great place to hang out. The park is huge with water fountains, an outdoor public pool that looks like a design from a resort, lots of feathered friends in cages and some not, like flamingos, a McDs AND, along a pathway, a McDs cart selling deserts.

CJ really enjoyed the water fountains, once she got over the fear that the water droplets falling on her head were not harmful. One other thing to note is that they have an area with free WIFI. Asia really knows how to bring technology to good use.


Interesting: Caught a sign describing the tree that stood nearby. Enough said.


To make my post more interesting, I'm going to thrown in a "Parenting Tip or Note" with each of my posts, which I'll subhead as "Hmm.."

Hmm.. - Buying: Clothes
Old Navy can be an inexpensive way to dress up your kids. Although, I have paid non-sale prices for some of their items which I really don't think was worth the money. The shirt Calleigh is wearing at the park is from Old Navy, size 6-12 months. Calleigh is 7 months and about 13-14 LBS (overall 10% on doc's growth chart) and the shirt fits with just a little slack. Shrinkage? Sure there must have been some. But the one thing that annoyed me is the difficulty in putting it on her. The material just doesn't give much. It's not like my kid has a larger than average head or super long monkey arms. But by the time Calleigh is 8-9 months, I'll have to cut a V at the neck and at 12 months, I expect for some belly to be showing. So here are my notes:

• Always account for shrinkage, especially if it is cotton, so buy a larger size
  
• Only buy on sale, unless you don't care about saving money or you have to have it
• You get what you pay for. Most of the materials used are not that soft.