Ever since we had Michael, Ian and I have been in agreement about the topic of toys.  Having both spent time in the US, we are all too aware of the world of “consumerism” and how marketing lures the average person into buying all kinds of “stuff” especially in the love of their children.  Therefore we vowed not to be shopaholics on toys!

So Michael began with toys mainly from friends and family.  As he grew out of his early toys (rattles, stuffed animals, play gym, etc), Ian and I suddenly looked around the house and thought… “are we depriving Michael and should he have more toys???”  Knowing us, you would have expected nothing less than proper research.  We didn’t get something exactly from the list but came close (second choice for us was item # 2).  But the journey to buy the perfect toy was nevertheless a challenging one.

“ToysRus” was our obvious choice and we raced through the busy streets of Causeway Bay into a busy mall where ToysRus is located.   We didn’t have a “set” toy in mind (very unlike us) and we sort of went with the ”flow.”  However, the flow quickly took us to the typical aisles, namely Lego and Trucks/Cars.  It was almost weird that we wanted to either get blocks, puzzles or trucks/cars for Michael.  It didn’t even enter our mind to consider anything “gender neutral” or “girlie”. 

Needless to say Michael, being the toy deprived 9 month old baby, was just fascinated with his new addition to the toy box.  He couldn’t take his eyes off the truck for the first 20 minutes.  We hope that he’ll get some fun out of it and next time when we shop, we shall ensure that we pass through the “barbie” aisle (Ian says maybe he can have “Ken”)!

Hong Kong is hot but Ian still managed to take Michael to the local park!

Until next time…