Friday, June 01, 2007

Some Parent Favorites

There was a post in the Hawaii Moms forum about Moms' Favorites, but we're all about equal opportunity to speak your mind here so let's also hear from the dads. List your favorites. Here are my/our current ones, with comments of course. They'll probably change in months, years

Favorite Baby Store: Baby Emporium (No big compaints yet)
Favorite Kids' Clothing Store: Carter's (Cute but pretty inexpensive)
Favorite Toy Store: Thinker Toys (Interesting toys; We also get toys from other stores)
Favorite Restaurant to Take the Kids: Big City Diner (They gave balloons)
Favorite Family Attraction: MSO (Just kidding!)
Favorite Free Activity: Playground (Obon season is underway; Almost anything free is a favorite right?)
Favorite Mall: Ala Moana Center (Although the damn layout is frustrating, don't they have the most stores?)
Favorite Beach: None (Still wary of the sewage spill and just haven't made the effort to go)
Favorite Park: Neighborhood park (Should be plural - parks - as they're all fun, except with smokers around)
Favorite Birthday Cake Bakery: Costco (But Liliha is sounding good) Shortgirl (& Co.) =)
Favorite Birthday Party Activity: Bouncer (Just don't constantly watch the children bounce 'cause it can actually make you feel nauseous)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here are my favorites, which, as AAG indicates, will change over time:
Favorite Baby Store: Walmart, which has a pretty good baby section
Favorite Kids' Clothing Store: Gymboree - for window shopping mostly, but when they have sales, it's reasonable and the clothes are so CUTE!
Favorite Toy Store: Ross or Walmart
Favorite Restaurant to Take the Kids: Nowadays, it's McDonald's
Favorite Family Attraction: Zoo
Favorite Free Activity: Swimming pool and/or hanging out with friends and their kids
Favorite Mall: Pearlridge - mostly for convenience and the A/C
Favorite Beach: None - I agree with AAG about the spills, and it just seems like a chore to pack up everything and go
Favorite Park: Newtown rec center - the playground has 3 jungle gyms and the ground is covered with shredded rubber tires which makes for safe, soft landings
Favorite Birthday Cake Bakery: Costco or Sam's, yum
Favorite Birthday Party Activity: Bouncer - after watching my daughter go nonstop all day at her party, we are definitely looking forward to the next bouncer party!

Gee Why said...

"Favorite Park: Newtown rec center - the playground has 3 jungle gyms and the ground is covered with shredded rubber tires which makes for safe, soft landings"

And no more punks playing basketball on the neighboring courts! ;) Those were the days...

Angry Asian Girl said...

Oops, it looks like I didn't finish my sentence. Oh well...

I should've paid homage to Shortgirl (& Co.)for their hard work in making our child's birthday cake. My bad.

Also, doesn't this remind you of those books that were circulated in elementary school where you wrote down who your best friend is, your favorite color, etc.? LOL

Anonymous said...

Slang books.....not gonna say if I had one or not.

Phoebe said...

neth, what about the slang book you made when no one put you in theirs?