Sunday, May 2, 2010

Making Us All Silly


Do you remember friendship beads? They were popular when I was in the fifth grade. I remember a boy Derek made me one and it had a red bead in the middle of some white ones. I took that as a sign of love. He would have used a more neutral color if he wasn't sending me a message of love. I was convinced. But, I was mistaken. Derek had his eyes on Nicola and I was just a good friend in the neighborhood.

The other day, Ryan got off of the bus and said he had to have Silly Bandz. What? What are they? He showed me his arm. On it was a rubbery bracelet that stretches into a shape. He was wearing an animal. A friend from the bus gave him one. He had to have them. Kids were trading them on the bus. He listed off the stores that had them and they were cheap. Surely, we could afford Silly Bandz.

So, like any sucker mother, I stopped into CVS, Walgreens and Borders. I had no luck. What would the package ever look like for a rubbery little bracelet? I tried to look cool and collected as I raced around every store breaking a sweat. No luck.

All of the moms on Facebook were helping each other find these all over town. One mom even had three extra packs and offered to share. That is mommy love. What a friend!

I eventually found ours online. With the baby, I was done visiting every store in town looking like a fool. I let the boys pick out some packages from the Sillybandz.com website. They were so excited. I remember sticker books, the jelly bracelets from the eighties and of course the friendship pins. I had to help them find the bracelets so they could remember trading them with their friends and creating memories.


So if your child has not mentioned Silly Bandz, get ready. They are coming to your school. I have included two pictures so you know what you are looking for. I know it is silly. But the kids were so excited. It was probably the best $5 I have spent in a long time.

7 comments:

Jessica said...

Kids get excited over the silliest things, don't they?

Genny said...

Those have been such a hit here in CA where we are. My kids have collected piles of them. :)

Have a great day!

amyjr said...

Funny what they are into this week. Now I have to look for them in anticipation of little girls begging for them.:-D

Anonymous said...

My friend's kids have been talking about squishy's- they go on top of the pencil eraser. My kids haven't started with these fads lately. Thanks for sharing where I can get them- if I need them.

Patina said...

GIGGLING at this post.

Anonymous said...

I think you earned about 5 million Cool Mom points for that! ~Aldee's Friend Mary

AreWeThereYet? said...

Just ordered mine for my daughter. They are to her what Japanese erasers are to my son! THANKS for the tip!

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