searching for a place to play

a couple of weeks back, i got more serious about letting our Little Person experience life beyond our little home office. not that we never bring him out, as he goes everywhere with us here in Cebu as long as we keep to his bedtime, and we have traveled to several places outside of cebu as well. 

however, my issue was our daily routine. perhaps he wasn't bored, but i certainly was, covering the same ground as bedroom, offices, living and dining area, kitchen and laundry room, as well as playing in our back garden and walking around our lot. the errands to ayala and sm and visiting the toy departments and bookstores weren't quite cutting it (for me) anymore. also we've observed that he is taking some interest in people his size, as well as wanting to climb and explore more. so i decided its time we did some serious research about where else we might go to do Little Person things. 

funny enough, one time we were in rustan's looking for a toy bin, a lady with a 20-month old son asked if we had tried Gymboree. i had forgotten about gymboree at BTC, mainly because we don't go to BTC anymore. yet that was one of the places we were supposed to have mentally earmarked to try for the baby when i was still pregnant. 

the other place i've kept my eye on is MyPlayroom in Ayala, mainly because we are quite often in Ayala (for supplies, groceries, some restaurants) but i did know that they only admit kids 18months old or above for their classes. anyways, worth checking them out. 

parkmall is supposed to be a kid friendly place with a number of toyshops and play areas but i have not had a serious look in there and so will do. 

SM has a paid children's area somewhere in the new wing on the second floor behind the bunch of salons. 

as a side note, i think it is sad that it looks like my main options for play areas for LP are located inside malls. the only decent real public park i know of in cebu is Family Park in Talamban, but having done a photo shoot there not long ago, i was much dismayed that the place was abuzz with mosquitoes. cebu is dengue-land, in case you haven't heard, and i was not to knowledgeably feed my child to deadly mosquitoes. i know the private subdivisions have play parks as well, and sure we could name drop or claim to be visiting resident friends, but that misses the point. 

at least, growing up in manila, we had rizal park.