Stanley-Rainbow Family Blog: Baby Boss City

This week marks Spring Break for us. Poor kids. Mom and Dad are snowed under with grading, house cleaning, errands, course work and a WASC report. It's not a lot of fun. Well - actually, we've arranged a play dates everyday for the kids and we've set two days aside that are entirely kid focussed so it's not all that bad for the kids ... but Mom is lamenting the fact that we aren't on the Boracay beach :-)

Monday was the first kid day. We took Maddie and Erin and two of their friends (Analise and Lauren) to Baby Boss City. It was a hoot! The indoor theme park involves little rooms dedicated to learning "jobs". The kids put on uniforms, learn different occupations and "earn" babybucks that can then be spent on food, manicures, treats or saved in the bank. Mom and Dads have to wait outside and look through the glass window. Still, it's pretty priceless! :-)

Although the activities all take place in Mandarin, we were fortunate that at each station there was someone who spoke just enough English that they were able to let the kids know what they should do. The kids did six stations in all - They really loved the Astronaut station (going to the moon), the Dunkin Donut shop (donut decorating) and the baby nursery the best. With the Dairy farm and the airline flight attendants following close behind. The only one that was a bit of a bust was the Quality Control Officer at a soda plant. Although they earned a free Grape soda for their efforts, they didn't actually do anything so it wasn't as thrilling as the other stops. But in all, the day was a blast!

Although on the expensive side, we did promise the girls a trip back in the summer because we never made it to surgery, the archeology site, the Beauty salon for hairdressing and manicures, pizza making, or the myriad of other fun sites that called out to the girls. Another great day in Taiwan!

(PS) Maddie had a hair cut and style the day before - hence the pretty (but straight) 'doo.

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