Mall Family Restroom

Dave and I went to the mall the other day. We were down south in Tukwila at what was formerly known as Southcenter. (Yes, this is the same mall that the two of us met and worked together in 13 years ago.) We went there because Maira and Arami met with their biological father and his wife for about an hour for the first time in over a year (That is a completely different story though, and its not going in this blog, but...as a woman, I would love to vent, so if your curiosity strikes you, please...give me a call and I will talk you ear off.)

OK...enough bird walking! So...Dave and I were at the mall that is now known as Westfield Southcenter shopping center. They have done some MAJOR upgrading, for example, the dining area was previously called "Rainier Court" and it is now called "Rainier Dining Terrace" and it even has an outdoor balcony should if fancy you to eat outdoors. Amira needed to nurse, so we found the "family restroom". Holy Moly, let me tell you something! This place had 5 couches in a circle around the "up-to-three year old appropriate play area. This particular area also had a 52" plasma tv on the wall, should you be in there with older children, or a husband, to keep them entertained. It had 3 seperate nursing stalls with nice curtains, a lounge chair, and your own personal television, complete with, like, 100 different cable network channels to choose from (because who doesn't want a tv 1-1/2 feet from their face when they are nursing their baby?). The changing area was a huge (like 20' x 10') counter with 3 seperate sinks and the diaper changing spots were built into the counter next to each sink. They were actually sunk into the counter, so escape was out.

As you can imagine, the price of anything inside the stores was astronomical, but I guess they didn't really have any choice, if they are going to make rent on their spots, they have to pay an arm and a leg after the hugemongous (no, there isn't a spelling error there, that is my new word) upgrade.

Anyways, I just was kind of beside myself and even said to Dave while we were there, that I was going to have to blog about the room, to which his responce was "Too bad we don't have a camera!"