Big Baby Town

This week, while meeting with kid’s stores in Volos, Greece, we learned that it is a big baby town.

Chances are good that if you are a special baby in Volos you will spend your early days in a canopied crib.

In the sea of cribs adorned with canopies, they are not just reserved for baby girls.

So sweet, white on white for the beginning life of a Greek.

Team Totally has potty talk tales that we could share, right?  Notice the little pumpkin!

There were so many swings in this baby store, some of them spilled outside.

Strollers inside and more outside.

This one is for our sales manager, Annette!  Of everything that I have seen so far, I wanted to pluck up these signs that were EVERYWHERE and bring some back to Totally Kids.

Shauna’s Bed of the Week

ELENA‘S TWIN SIZE SECRET STAIRWAY LOFT
Only Elena knows where her secret hiding room is. Ask your personal shopper to learn where it is
and we will not tell Elena that you, too, know. It’s no secret that this loft offers all that you need to
complete your bedroom; a desk, a built-in dresser, and a stairway unit that features shelving on the
side, drawers built into the stairs and slip-resistant treads. You even get to choose if you’d like to
place the stairway on the left or the right side of the loft bed. Built of engineered wood and reinforced
with a melamine finish, this super sturdy and child-friendly bed is scratch resistant, stain resistant
and easy to clean — sure to provide you and your child with years of enjoyment.
51″W x 97″L x 71″H

Customize your bed. Shown in a white finish with customized knobs. Also available in natural, nutmeg,
chestnut or brandy. See below for our wide selection of available case pieces, accent colors and knobs.

*Shauna’s Bed of the Week* take 15% OFF

Made in the USA.

Minnesota’s Got Talent

Totally Kids fun furniture & toys is proudly featuring the art of Studio Dog Star for the month of June.  Stop in and see the colorful paintings by local artist, Jenn Nicholson Paskus.

Look, our Erin has totally gone to the dogs!

Jen received an art degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1995, with a concentration in painting and printmaking.  Her love of dogs continued with her dog walking business from 1995 to 2003, where most of the inspiration for her work came from.

Jen uses vibrant colors to reflect the emotion and joy that animals bring to our lives.  Her abstract palette and stylized forms capture their character and represent the connection that people feel with their pets.

Along with Jenn’s collection, she is able to create custom paintings fro people and their pets.

Visit www.studiodogstar.com to learn more about Jenn’s work.

Minnesota’s Got Talent!  If you know of other local artists interested in displaying their work at Totally Kids fun furniture & toys, have them contact Kate, our marketing coordinator.  She can be reached at 952-881-2425 or kate@shoptotallykids.com.

 

 

It’s Greek to Me

And it’s Greek for you!

This week we’ve been searching Athens for the latest and greatest beds for kids.  Tell us what you think of these.  Should we bring them to America?

For the littlest Greek Goddess, a modular system and in the world’s most popular colors for girls.

Stylish with bold greens and yellows for the student.

This sweet little race car bed with a canopy would be great for boys and girls.

It’s a jungle out there!  Take refuge in this canopied day bed for a good nights slumber.

Live the high life in your very own treehouse.

Monday’s Memories

Bye Bye Snow

Today we escape April’s  winter wonderland (wondering why it is still winter) and her 10 inches of newly fallen snow. We’re heading south to High Point, NC for the Spring furniture market and warmer 80 degree weather.

The High Point Furniture Market is where twice a year we get our creative juices recharged!  It’s like spending a week walking thru a live magazine.  This magazine is so enormous it’s impossible to see all of it.  There are 180 buildings that spread out over the whole of downtown High Point and the surrounding area. There are over 11.5 million square feet of showroom space, many in multi-story buildings.

First, we hop in an elevator that provides Purell.  Now we’re off to a good clean start.

Look over there; a chance to win a fancy white car on Elm Street.

Our mission is to find what is new and exciting for kids.  It never fails, there is always so much to bring back to Totally Kids fun furniture & toys.

And we did find so many fantastic new bedroom groups today.  Here are just a few:

Beep Beep, girls can now have their own pink Jeep.

Hey guys, let’s keep this Jeep.

Surf’s up.

Contempo Loft.

Add a mattress and motor off to sleep in this way cool boat bed.

Fred, we found your red bed!

Time for Bed.  There will be lots more tomorrow.

National Library Week

National Library Week is April 14-20, 2013!

During NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK and throughout April, libraries of all types host special events to highlight the unique role libraries play in people’s lives. Today’s libraries can help you and your family discover a new and exciting world through collections, digital resources and more. Whether you come for homework or job searches, help with citizenship issues or finances, adult education classes or to find the best books for young readers, libraries are a great place to spend quality time and connect with loved ones and friends.

For more information about National Library Week please visit:

ala.org

atyourlibrary.org

Monday’s Memories

The Etch A Sketch made its debut as The Magic Screen at a European Toy Fair in 1959.

It all began in 1950. While tinkering in his garage, French electrician Andre Cassagnes dreamed up a drawing toy that kids could shake up and start over.  The new drawing toy was made up of a joystick, glass and aluminum powder.  Before taking it to market In 1960,  it was tweaked; a  joystick with two white knobs in the left and right corners of the screen. The idea was to make the toy look like the hot new adult toy of the time: a television.  Quickly it became the most popular selling toy during the Christmas season that year.  Since then, the Ohio Art Company has sold more than 150 million of them.

The Toy Industry Association named Etch A Sketch one of the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of the 20th century.

If you have ever wondered what’s inside an Etch A Sketch, How Stuff Works will enlighten you.

Lego Jello

Look what I am making for Master O and baby sister this weekend.

Lego Jello, fun colorful, tasty, jiggly, wiggly, yet best of all, an easy peasy treat.

Watching baby sister squish it through her little fingers should put smiles on all of our faces, right Betsy? (and a mess on the floor no doubt)

Since we have been playing matching games lately, the plan is to match the Jello boxes with his Duplos.

Instructions

Have the Lego/Duplo blocks washed and ready to go. Choose your favorite flavor Jellos, or in our case, favorite colors. Master O will be matching the colors of red, blue, green and yellow; aka: cherry, blueberry, lime and lemon in Jello speak.

Prepare the Jello as directed on the package. This time, before filling the Duplo molds I am going to first spray them with Pam cooking spray. Hopefully the un-molding will be a snap. Place the molds in a cake pan before filing and then place the pan in the refrigerator until set.

There’s always room for Lego Jello, this week’s Recipe For Fun..

Genetics 101