It was supposed to be a simple exercise — exchanging a pair of Kai’s shoes for a bigger size.  The store was all the way across town, and we already had one errand to run in the morning.  Which leads us to a simple fact.  Journeys out of the home going over one hour, and definitely over 2 hours, need to accommodate the calls the nature.  And for Kai, this particular journey was beyond the safety zone.  Which started off with clamoring for food during changing subways, and slowly degraded from there.  But we finally made it to the shop with a very nice shopkeeper who was happy to change the shoes for the right size and even let us use the facilities for the necessary functions. It seemed like all the hard teamwork paid off well.

However, it turns out that while Chika had packed and extra undershirt just in case, Kai was in need of  full wardrobe change. And as much as it was hard to bear buying brand new boutique clothes in the middle of the season (yes, the full retail), you had to just take a laugh at the humor of it all — Chika even joked that it was Kai’s plan all along.  So my wife was happy, my son was happy, and at the end of it all, I was happy too.

P.S. Just a word of advice — I HIGHLY recommend the Japanese style nightshirts.  Easy on/off, and as they are looser fitting around the bottom you can avoid the pressurized explosions which seem to be occurring with the more tightly fitted tops.  You can check them out here or check out this example:

Familiar Newborn Wear