Black Friday shopping? STOP!

Are you out fighting the crowds right now for Black Friday steals? Well, stop! We have everything you need for gifts, clothes and equipment for your child this year! We carry NEW and USED items at an amazing discount!

NEW:

• Melissa and Doug toys
• TY Beanie Boos and Teeny Ty stuffed animals
• Snow Stopper Mittens
• Hair accessories
• Clothing

USED:

• Toys
• Fisher price toys
• Cars
• Kitchen sets
• Doll houses
• Melissa and Doug toys
• Little Tikes toys
• Equipment
• exersaucers
• bouncy seats
• bumbos
• changing tables
• cribs
• strollers
• high chairs
• Clothing
• Preemie to size 12 years
• Holiday wear
• Dresses and suits
• Every day clothing
• Carters
• Abercrombie
• Gap
• Janie and Jack
• Mini Boden
• Gymboree
• American Eagle
• Nike
• Under Armour
• Shoes
• Snow wear
• Snow suits/pants
• Ski jackets
• Boots

Why stand in line at the mall when you can get amazing items right here? Not only are you helping the environment by buying resale, you are helping small businesses and the community!

On top of the already discounted items, we have sales!

Upcoming sales:

• Black Friday Weekend Sale
• November 25th through November 27th
• Pick a turkey at checkout for your discount
• 40% off, 20% off, $10 cache card or a FREE book!
• Gift Card Sale
• November 25th through December 24th
• For every $50 gift card you buy, we will give you a $10 gift card!
• Melissa and Doug Sale
• December 1st through December 15th
• 30% off all NEW Melissa and Doug toys
• Fill A Bag
• December 10th 10am to 2pm (or while supplies last)
• Fill a bag for $7 
• We will have bins separated by size and by gender and each plastic grocery bag is $7. 
  Feel free to bring your own bags. We will be selling reusable bags that can be filled as well! Reusable bags can be brought from home, price will be told once we see the size.
• If you bring 3 non-perishable food items, you will receive a larger bag to fill!
• Holiday clothing sale: details to come!

Election 2016. President Trump

Last night and this morning, after hearing that our new President of the United States of America is Donald Trump, all I saw were negative posts on Facebook. Posts about what to say to their children that a hateful man is now our President! Whether you are a Trump supporter or not, use this as a teaching lesson:

• Teach them that they won't always get what they want (especially the non Trump supporters).
• Teach them to love instead of hate. If your first words out of your mouth about our new President is that "he is a hateful, horrible person", remember that your children are listening. Instead, say something about how the people chose or in 4 years he may not be President. Make your hatred for him into a positive somewhere. There has to be at least 1 good thing you can come up with to tell them. Go back to that age old saying "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all"
• Teach them about the election process. 
• Teach them respect by showing them you can respect someone you don't like or agree with. They will need that lesson in the future. There will be that boss that makes them work more than they are paid for or that neighbor who is a jerk or that aggressive driver that will flip them off for going speed limit. 
• Show them goodness. Even if the world is falling apart, be there for them. Be a great role model for your children. If you see something you don't agree with, explain to your children why you think it isn't right. 

Don't just tell or explain things to your child, show them. If you don't want the world to be a hateful place when your child grows up, make it so by showing them you don't hate. If every mother/father shows their child a better world, their children will make the world a better place. Good things can be achieved by the smallest acts: That mighty elm tree started out as a tiny seed.

So, let me take this moment now to congratulate our new President. 

President Trump, I hope you do more good than bad in the next 4 years. In my eyes, you have a clean slate starting out. I want to believe you can "Make America Great" again, please don't disappoint. Good luck over the next 4 years! 

Melissa and Doug Toys

We have been selling Melissa and Doug toys for many years. Melissa and Doug has a toy for almost every child.

They have:

• Pretend Play 
• They sell pretend kitchen items. They have food, plates, pots and pans, cleaning supplies, appliances. Diner items and shopping items also available
• They sell pretend school items.
• They sell pretend tool items. They have a tool bench, tool belt, tool box.
• They sell dress up clothing and accessories 
• Magic Sets
• They sell beginner sets that teach the child how to perform certain tricks
• Arts and Crafts
• They sell the standard paint, crayons and coloring book sets and much more!
• They have embroiders sets, looms, stained glass, jewelry making kits, stencils, decorate your own keepsakes,  stamps.
• They have MESS FREE art work: sand art, glitter art
• Stickers and Activity sets
• The best thing we have used: Reusable Puffy Sticker Play sets and the Water Wow!
• They also have magicolor (mess free coloring), secret decoder sets.
• Activity rugs
• 4 in 1 game rug, hopscotch rug, road rugs (multiple types)
• Trucks, trains and vehicles
• Wooden trains and tracks
• Wooden cars and trucks
• Vehicles with people (plane, bus, firetruck)
• Puzzles
• All kinds from Jumbo knob puzzles for 1 year olds to giant floor puzzles for older kids and everything in between.
• Puppets and puppet theaters
• Baby Toys
• Age appropriate baby toys: sit in/on toys, crawl after, pull alongs, blocks, fill and spills, shape sorters,  push toys
• Musical Instruments
• Bands in a box, recorders, pianos
• Developmental Toys
• Different motor skill toys, building and nesting toys, stacking and sorting toys, magnetic toys, alphabet and number toys, and learning mats.
• Games and Card sets
• magnetic puzzle games, preschool games, board games, travel games, trivia questions, classic games.
• Dollhouses, furniture and dolls
• They sell castles and houses (big and small) with wooden people
• They sell Barns and stables with animals
• Dolls and doll furniture, doll food and bath accessories, 
• Active play and outdoor toys
• Science and nature toys, lawn and garden toys/games, beach and pool toys
• Plush animals 
• Large and small stuffed animals
• Seasonal and Religious toys
• Christmas, Hanukkah, Biblical toys

What I like about Melissa and Doug is the toys are mostly all wooden (with the occasional plastic or metal or cloth where need be), educational without all the sounds or lights of other toys, and they put the age appropriate right on the package!

We have great sales during the year, especially during November and December, to stock up for holidays, birthdays or just every day gift giving!

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