Max came home the other day with a little rubber band shaped like a flamingo. One of the little girls at school had given it to him. He told us it was called a "silly band" and that he loved it. He also said he wanted some of his own.
I'd seen these little shaped bands around before, but never thought anything of them.
Max's broke of course and he was very very sad.
Then we went to church a few days later and a bunch of kids had different ones--they wore them on their wrists. I realized this was a pretty widespread phenomenon.
Then last week at church one of the little girls in my class gave me one of my own (so cute, right?). Of course I turned it over to Max after church and he was delighted.
One of the little girls in his class had so many of them with her they stretched from her wrist to her elbow. Nuts.
Today we thought we'd go after some of these silly bands so Max could take them to school and share. We finally found them at a Walgreens not too far away.
It took Robin Hood a while to decide which shapes to pick.
He finally picked sea animals and pets, and we got enough for him to share with everybody in his class. And those dang things are expensive! Somebody's making bank on this somewhere!
He was so excited. He called himself something like the "Silly Band Hero."
Hopefully the sharing will go well and nobody will get left out. Hopefully it doesn't drive his poor teacher crazy.
I guess I'll hear all about it when he gets home.
So is this going on elsewhere besides RI? Anybody else getting begged for silly bands?
16 comments:
I haven't heard of them. They sure are cute though! You're so nice to get enough for his class.
i just went on a hunt for those!!! where did you get those??? did you say in your post? i will re-read it just in case....;)
walgreens!!!!
ohhhh, i am so going!
My niece was wearing about 50 of these last Saturday night when we hung out with her (she's 7). And, then my stepdaughter was talking about them yesterday (she's 14). So, apparently, they're here in VA/DC and they're HUGE--and they span a wide age range.
Misty, we've heard they have them at iparty too, if you have one of those. And I know you can order them on amazon.
Max got in a bit of trouble for trying to share them at school, I think we'll save some for church.
They're here, but I don't know how big they are.
I just learned about these last week and then noticed one of my YW was wearing one on Sunday. It reminds me of those colorful rubber bracelets we wore in the 80s
Huh, interesting. Abe had one the other day that his friend had given him at school. He said she had a lot of them. But I didn't think anything more of it. I feel like I've ALWAYS been out of the loop on these types of things, ever since _I_ was a little kid. I always figured out what was trendy just as it was going out of style. :)
Just saw these on the news ...apparently a lot of schools are banning them saying they are distracting kids in class and the teachers don't like it.
Haven't seen them anywhere here yet...but I'm sure they will show up sooner or later...
so ginna. what your saying is you want to cause trouble in church. uh huh....i seeeee......lol ;)
mar - yes. ME TOO. We had these things - what were they? Some kind of bracelet - and I'm talking about having them in 5th grade, which would have been when I was turning 10. So, nearly 50 flipping years ago. They were braids, and the girls made them and gave them to their friends. Which basically meant that I didn't have any. That's why I made up my own things for band and choir tour. So there.
So, I should know anything about these? Childless as I am, and out of the loop by heritage? Nice of you to help him have some delight in the sharing. My mother would have shot me before she'd have bought me Lucky Charms for breakfast, let alone any unnecessary "cool" thing.
I like the colors. But what puzzles me is this: so they're shaped - you can tell that when they're stretched around somebody's wrist?
But keep a few in his treasure box. They'll be poignant. One of his last memories of RI.
That was me. The thing double posted.
Oy
I've heard of schools banning them because they are triggers for kids to get into fights.
Kirsten just showed me some of these this weekend at the toy store!! I had no idea what they were. So funny that I should read about them now on your blog.
So five months later these made it across the country. They are HUGE at my kid's school right now. EVERYONE has them (except my kids). We couldn't possibly have that so I bought a couple packs and the kids have to earn them by doing service to other people. And if they tell us about the service, they don't get it!
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