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As I mentioned in my last post, the existing local Go Bananas Toys store is located in the Brambleton Town Center on Ryan Road in Ashburn, VA.
I’m also excited that Go Bananas is opening a Lansdowne store sometime in mid- to late-June of this year! I haven’t been there, but a friend of mine raves about the store. She says the owners are extremely nice, and have a very kid-friendly vibe in the store.
My kids have received toys from Go Bananas, and I’ll quickly mention that the Ruckus card game that was purchased there is our kids’ absolute favorite card game. Serena and Colin and the grownups that play with them love the game. Ruckus teaches sharing, counting, and sportsmanship; there’s a lot of “stealing,” winning and losing that goes on during each game, so it really reinforces being a good winner and loser.
Serena has played it since she was two; it’s a sure bet from ages three and up. Recommended retail price is $9.99.
The Loudoun Food Allergy Network is sponsoring a Food Allergy Awareness event at the Brambleton Go Bananas toy store in Brambleton. The event will be Sunday, May 18 from 1-4 p.m.
Here’s the info from their site:
LAN and Go Bananas Toys Team Up for Food Allergy Awareness Week!
I was minding my own business in the bathroom the other day when I noticed writing on the wrapper of my feminine hygiene product. I took a closer look and discovered several inspirational sayings, encouraging me to “stop stressing, start focusing!” and “dance and be happy!”
I was taken aback by this; this was not a situation where I need a pep talk or a lecture. I’ve been successfully menstruating for almost 25 years without advice from an overbearing tampon.
With my busy life, the bathroom is the last semi-private sanctuary in my home. With the exception of the occasional toddler barge-in or emergency summons, the bathroom is the one place I can enjoy two to four minutes of peace and quiet.
Now my tampons are yelling at me.
Friday started off as a great day. My college friend, Young, was in town, and we headed to Not Your Average Joe’s in Lansdowne for dinner.
The kids had been extraordinarily good all day, but they were getting a bit restless. Serena was a little clingy, and my husband, SJ, took her for a walk outside the restaurant as we waited for our food.
After the meal SJ headed out with Colin. “Can you help Serena down from her booster?” SJ asked me. I did and she followed closely behind SJ and Colin as they walked down the aisle. Young and I stayed behind with Bennett, paying the bill and cleaning up the handfulls of food that Bennett had thrown/dropped under the table.
As SJ and Colin came back to the table, I saw an older woman approaching us, holding Serena’s hand. The woman glared and me and asked,”does she belong to you??!”
I once mercilessly teased my BFF, Gwen, for hitting a squirrel with her car. She was driving, while my husband and I were in the back seat. Although she said she swerved to avoid the squirrel, it felt to us like she was aiming right at him.
In the days after that squirrel’s tragic demise we were pretty mean to Gwen, who felt terrible. We told her we drove by the scene of the crime and heard little baby squirrels calling “Daddy? Daddy?” We said she’d be haunted by the martyred squirrel, and left her voicemails with a combination of what we thought sounded like squirrel chatter and a haunted howl.
Flash forward ten years and the karmic wheel has turned: the squirrels are now coming for me.
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Here’s a reason to welcome (rather than dread) April 15: Juno is coming to DVD.
I didn’t see Juno until about a month ago, when it had already been in theaters for a long time. There were only a few other people in the theater, which is probably a good thing, because my belly laughs might have disturbed anyone sitting close by.
I love that our house has beautiful, dark wood floors throughout much of our first level. The bad news is that their shiny dark surface shows every smudge and footprint.
Is it bad that I’m temporarily somewhat afraid of my toddler?
Young Bennett is going through a tough phase. He’s 18 months old, so he’s old enough to understand everything he hears and the world around him, but he’s unable to articulate his wants, needs, and opinions.
His verbal skills haven’t caught up with his clever mind, and it understandably drives him nuts.
I can’t believe it – my allergy shot nurse smiled at me today!
I’ve gotten shots once or twice a week for the past nine months. It’s usually the same nurse, Gina, who administers my shot. She’s an older woman with a thin frame, pale blue eyes, and precisely bobbed white hair.
In a movie, she’d be cast as a wealthy aunt that everyone’s afraid to offend or maybe a creepy caretaker of a haunted hotel. Or a Nazi; ever notice that movie Nazis always have creepy, intense blue eyes? But I digress…
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