Haircuts and a Toy Store...Indonesia Style

We found out yesterday that we get to move into our house this Friday! Woohoo! It has only been two weeks instead of four and so I am really grateful to whoever it was that made this happen faster than originally stated. Since I know we are going to be out of our hotel in a couple of days, I decided to be a little more adventurous with the kids and walk to the mall and get the boys haircuts. So they have these places that cut kids' hair and they go to the extreme to make sure these kids stay happy during their experience. The chairs are some kind of vehicle (car, helicoptor, truck, motorcycle, etc.) and then each station has an lcd tv hooked up to it and they can either watch a dvd OR play Playstation. It's kind of ridiculous, but kind of fun too. Also, they have the person cutting their hair and then another person who is making sure they stay happy the whole time. Andrew got the royal treatment by having the extra lady blow bubbles in his face, while riding on his truck, while watching a show...all while having his haircut. Did I say it was ridiculous? They enjoyed it though, but it wasn't a super cheap experience...$10 a piece.

Then we decided to take a walk through a big toy store in the mall. It was pretty much like Toys 'R'Us, if you don't count the employees that were standing at the end of every other aisle singing and dancing to the music that was blaring from the speakers throughout the store. We were pretty much the only ones there in the store so walking down the main aisle with literally 30 employees singing and dancing in unison was pretty hilarious. It reminded me of that part in Annie where she goes to the movies with Daddy Warbucks and everyone is singing and dancing just for them. Kinda cool...but a little strange. It was a fun outing, and the kids mostly behaved themselves, so today ended a lot better than yesterday!