Bella and Max

Baby Nightmares

Ok, so I'm not sure if your baby has ever woke up and you swore that they had a nightmare.  I know mine have and I have always wondered what in the world could they possibly be having a bad dream about, they are just babies.  Well, now I know.

Mia woke up at 3:15 this morning (she is 3 so I am counting her in the baby category as far as having bad dreams go), sobbing and hyperventilating  and inconsolable.  When I could finally get her to talk she started asking me for Percy, then Thomas... then all her trains.  Once she had her pile safely in hand (luckily she doesn't have that many), she started talking about the toilet.  From what I can gather from between her sobs was that she must have had a dream that she flushed them down the toilet and they were gone. 

Mia has flushed a pacifier, lip gloss and who knows what else down the toilet before and I've always had to explain that they were gone, that's why you don't flush things down the toilet.  She also freaks out and has to make sure all her tub toys are out before we begin to let the water out after a bath so they don't go down the drain.

It might have been a little funny, her bad dream of flushing her Thomas trains down the toilet, if it wasn't 3:00 in the morning.

Awesome August Part 2

Awesome August went ok yesterday, there are some obvious little tweaks that need to be made to the event.  I think that next year, with a little work the event could really be amazing.  There was a big turnout and there is still one more day left today, which I imagine will not be as busy since it is Seafair Sunday and the Hydro races are today, along with the Blue Angels. 

Did you come to the event?  Are there any suggestions you have to make it better?  Leave a comment or email me and let me know.  Not that I have any huge say in what happens but I would love to hear any feedback and I promise I will pass it on to Country Village management.

Awesome August

Sorry if I was sounding grumpy yesterday, I really wasn't.  Frustrated at my inability to totally keep up and make things perfect, a little.  Life isn't perfect, it throws curveballs... I just wish my web provider was perfect.  They should be perfect.

This weekend is Awesome August at  Country Village.  Here is the blurb I put in our Newsletter yesterday (YES, I got it done!).

This weekend August 2nd and 3rd, Country Village is starting the first of what should surely be a fun annual event, Awesome August... a weekend for kids. 

Bella and Max will have balloons on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday between 12-4 (or while supplies last) we will also have Child Identity Kits from the Washington Child Identification Program, or CHIP.  CHIP is a volunteer effort that provides identification packets to families so that they have the needed records should a child become lost, missing or kidnapped.  The program includes a brief video, finger prints, tooth impressions and DNA swabs as well as valuable information for keeping your children safe.  We are very happy and proud to bring this service to our community and hope to do this quarterly along with a stranger safety class.

Click here for more information about what other shops are doing for this weekend event.  You can also pick a packet up (including a ticket for a free train ride, a free snow cone and a sample bag of Kettle Korn) at Toys That Teach. 

I'll be working Saturday, but not Sunday, so I hope the kits go well.  Bella takes piano and singing at Dee's Music Room so I'll be watching her on the mainstage at 1:00 with her little signing group.  They're so cute, I can't wait!  If you haven't heard about Dee's you should click on her above.  They offer some great classes and Bella really loves and looks forward to her classes.

Webkinz!

As some of you might know, we carry Webkinz now.  I had no idea what they were but Bella insisted that they were a great thing to have in the store.  She was right.  Not only do we carry them in the store but we offer them on our website and we do pre--orders.

New in July are Raccoon, Toco Toucan, Crocodile, Rottweiler, Lil Kinz Panda and Lil Kinz Cheeky Dog.

A few coming in August........

   

Coming in August are some of the cutest ones yet!  Carmel Lion, Fantail Goldfish, Silverback Gorilla, Deer, Manatee, Coco Dinosaur, Lil Kinz Blue Jay and Lil Kinz Gecko.

Check the website for more!