The Hess corporation recently sent the boys the 2017 Mini Collection and they loved it!  This is a limited-production set with three highly detailed, small-scale versions of popular holiday Hess Toy Trucks – the 2005 Hess Emergency Truck, the 2006 Hess Toy Truck and Helicopter, and the 2007 Hess Monster Truck. Each miniature truck is equipped with working lights and a detachable display base with description. The kids love that they can remove the vehicles from their bases and play with them.  The working lights are amazing too! Any little boy would love this collection.  It is now sold out...

  Derby Dinner Playhouse is kicking off their 2017-2018 season with the comedy EMPTY NEST!  We saw this great show last week and had so much fun!  In Empty Nest, Helene and George Butler’s children have finally left the nest and they are alone together for the first time in thirty years - but not for long!  One by one,  all three of their grown sons come running back home, with their luggage and laundry in hand, after experiencing some trouble out in “the real world”.  The comedy unfolds and the battle for home turf begins as Mom and Dad...

Kinky Boots opened at the Kentucky Center this week and it is a must see!   The musical is Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit! With songs by Grammy and Tony-winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind.  Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the factory’s future hanging...

    The kids and I attended a Monday evening performance of Derby Dinner's newest Children's Musical Theater production, Fancy Nancy!  This show was so fun and cute and kept the kids interested the entire time!  Katelyn Webb as Nancy was bubbly and outgoing, singing her little heart out!  Marina Hart, Charity Means, & Megan Massie play her friends, all of whom are coming to terms with the roles they have been cast as in the school play!  Mandi Elkins Hutchins does a great job as a comforting mom!  Alfred Jones stole the show with his Shark Rap!  My boys...

Playtime should be a time for kids to run around, stretch their legs and imaginations! With Spring just around the corner, we are excited to introduce you to Antsy Pants: a new line of Build & Play™ Kits that encourage limitless options of imaginative play for children. Now available exclusively at Target, these easy-to-build, durable play structures feature color-coded Snap and Click™ poles and connectors, making assembly fun and easy for each kit. From sailing the seven seas in your Antsy Pants Pirate Ship to setting up shop in your front yard with the Antsy Pants Lemonade Stand, the adventures are endless. They recently sent us...