A Few Items for Your Bike - by Schylling

This last weekend we bought our daughter her first bicycle. It is a little pink beauty that she loves. I cringe at the thought of her inevitable wrecks and crashes, and yet I smile thinking about how much fun she will have once she masters the two wheeler without her training wheels. Don't worry, she will be all padded and helmeted up. I remember my first bike and how much fun I had on it like it was just yesterday. If you are like me, you can recall when helmets and pads were not even thought of.

Well, the cool part about having a toy store is that we have a few classics that should be a part of any bike. Schylling makes both a bike horn, a bike bell, and handlebar streamers. The bike bell, to me, is the ultimate classic accessory. Just ring the bell around anyone and you will take them back to a memory. The horn may not be as memory inducing, but it is LOUD! It never ceases to amaze me at how loud it is. If you didn't want one for your bike, you could just use it to scare people! The streamers a cute and make me think of summer time.

I know that our daughter wants the bike bell. She may want the streamers too. I am not so sure about the horn. If you have a young boy, though, he will definitely dig it and want one on his bike. Go over to Town Square Toys and check out a bicycle accessory for your bike, or, if you want to, you can get one for your kids too.

Sea Monkeys: Strange and Amazing!

When you were a kid, did you ever see the ad on the back of the comic book for Amazing Live Sea Monkeys? I know I did. I always wondered if they were real or what they were. The pictures that illustrated the advertisements were strange to be sure.

Well, it didn't take much exploring, even before the days of the internet, to find out what Sea Monkeys really were. (I won't spoil it for you.) But, while the mystery was gone, the curiousity of discovery and learning was still there. I don't know why I never sent off for any, but now I don't have to. And, you don't have to buy a comic book and send off for them either. Just go on over to Town Square Toys and order some Sea Monkeys of your very own.

By the way, Sea Monkeys have moved up and are living large now. Used to be you could only order the Sea Monkeys and grow them in your own mason jar or tiny aquarium. Now you have several different places to grow, and raise, and enjoy your Sea Monkeys. There is Sea Monkeys on Mars, Sea Monkeys in the City, Sea Monkeys Hang 10, and Sea Monkeys on the Moon. Crazy!

A Safe Safe

Our boys are too big for a piggy bank and too young for a debit card, so we got them the steel safe by Schylling Toys. It is perfect for a child's bedroom or closet and they love it. It has a little door that opens up and they can put all their treasures inside. There is a little money drawer at the top where they keep their cash and the big compartment at the bottom can keep their special items. This comes in handy when you don't want you brother to get to your stuff - especially if you are forced to share a room with him. They have their own secret password or pin and no one can get in except the owner. There is a little bell that rings if someone "breaks" in so the owner will immediately know. If your kids are too big for a piggy bank and too young for a debit card, this is a perfect "safe" solution!!!

-Steph