Pet Peeve

Okay, today I'm going to vent a little. I think that I had mentioned in an earlier post that they have an abundance of malls here. It is almost impossible not to visit one on a daily basis, as this is where the banks, grocery stores, post offices, restaurants and everything else we need to survive is located. The problem with these malls is that they have these annoying kiddie rides everywhere. When we first arrived here, I thought it was cute when Paige would call out to her favorite cartoon character and hop on the mechanical ride. I would put $1 in the machine and her face would light up. Eventually it started to add up so she would just go and sit on the ride, which she was fine with. The problem I am running into now is that every time I have a quick errand to run, it turns out to be a big whine fest. My sweet little girl turns into a whiny two year old when she can't stop and visit the germ infested, money eating, kid riding machines.

Today we went to her gym class, which of course is located in a mall. As the taxi prceedes to drop us off, I try to prepare myself for what is to come. Unfortunately there is a horse, bus and helicopter that greet us at the mall enterance. I struggle to get by these machines every Tuesday morning. Today was no different. After gym, we headed downstairs to have lunch. While I was ordering our lunch, Paige took off running to visit Big Bird who just happend to be right outside of the food stall. When I went to get her, I now become the mother with the screaming child. Once these things are out of site, my sweet little girl returns. When we finished lunch we proceeded to the taxi stand, screaming good-bye to Big Bird, the horse, bus and helicopter. Ugh... my life would be so much easier if these things would just disappear.