Friday, January 28, 2011

Not so brilliant

Spencer got his first Memory game for Christmas.  It has 20 big cards that make 10 matches. 
 
Each card has a number and pictures on it.  The number of pictures corresponds to the number on the card.  For example, the number 3 has 3 squirrels and the number 9 has 9 buttons.  It took Spencer exactly 14 minutes to master this game.  Way too easy for him.
Our favorite toy store, Brilliant Sky, was having a buy one- get one half off sale 2 weeks ago.  I thought we'd stop in to get a new memory game.  Hopefully one that was a bit more challenging.

This one looked good.
It has more cards and the cards are smaller.  Definitely more difficult.
As our half off item we got this awesome bubble bucket.  Totally removes the most annoying part of doing bubbles-the little jars with the little wands.  Spencer can pull these wands out on his own.  You can even tip the bucket over and as long as it's not too full it won't spill.

We spent a good hour in Brilliant Sky the day we went in to buy these (it was a Friday).  We played with the trains and the scooters and the play kitchens.  We read some books.  We talked to the employees.  4 days later, on a Tuesday, Michael and Spencer came home from gym class (that is very close to Brilliant Sky) and reported that not only had Brilliant Sky closed their business for good, but the store was completely cleared out with nothing left inside.

What gives Brilliant Sky?  Not cool.  Not cool at all. 

Where are we supposed to go now to see Elmo, Peter Rabbit and live llamas?

2 comments:

Chelsea said...

Whaaaa? How random!
I love that bubble thing. Bubbles are, pretty much, the bain of my existence. Well, bubbles and play dough. But that thing looks like something I could handle.
Too bad I can't swing by the store and grab one :(

Maryellen said...

That's really weird but that seems to happen around here.