{"id":278,"date":"2023-12-05T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T22:25:18","slug":"new-playtime-owners-at-a-longtime-norman-toy-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/05\/new-playtime-owners-at-a-longtime-norman-toy-store\/","title":{"rendered":"New playtime owners at a longtime Norman toy store"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"278\" class=\"elementor elementor-278\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aceede1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aceede1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57700f1\" data-id=\"57700f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f23d8de elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f23d8de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kidoodles-of-noman-ribbon-cuting-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-281\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kidoodles-of-noman-ribbon-cuting-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kidoodles-of-noman-ribbon-cuting-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kidoodles-of-noman-ribbon-cuting-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kidoodles-of-noman-ribbon-cuting-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kidoodles-of-noman-ribbon-cuting.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kidoodles of Norman ribbon cutting<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba3cfff elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ba3cfff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/great-state\/new-owners-assume-playtime-at-a-longtime-norman-toy-store\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View original KFOR Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed796ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed796ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32e51b5\" data-id=\"32e51b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415e42e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"415e42e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) \u2013 It\u2019s story time at Kidoodles once a week, which might be the only time parents can get their children to sit still in a toy store.<\/p><p>The quiet never lasts long.<\/p><p>Today\u2019s book, \u201cThe Legend of Reindeer Shoes\u201d is a short read, and the following Prize Box Grab involves the usual frenzy.<\/p><p>A leg up on business; Downtown traffic is way up a year after Chickasha\u2019s Leg Lamp first lit up.<\/p><p>New owner, Stephanie O\u2019Hara, doesn\u2019t get to stand around much either these days.<\/p><p>Since taking ownership in May 2023 (from retiring previous owners), she\u2019s been trying to strike a balance between the place where she shopped as a customer and what she wanted as proprietor.<\/p><p>\u201cThis had been in business for 39 years,\u201d says O\u2019Hara. \u201cSo we started from scratch, but it was so much fun. I\u2019m like Tom Hanks in \u2018Big\u2019. I get to play with toys all day.\u201d<\/p><p>Other longtime customers insisted on the child size front door.<\/p><p>\u201cThousands of little kids have walked through that door,\u201d she insists.<\/p><p>O\u2019Hara spent a lot of time at wholesale markets deciding what to put on the shelves.<\/p><p>Predicting what will be a hot seller from season to season is the real challenge.<\/p><p>O\u2019Hara shows us a bath toy called, \u201cFozzi\u2019s Foam. Like shaving cream for kids.\u201d<\/p><p>She says pogo sticks are popular this Christmas, as is a puzzle toy called Dissect It, a plastic animal that you can take apart.<\/p><p>\u201cYou can dissect it,\u201d says Stephanie. \u201cIt comes with tools.\u201d We were actually here back in 2018 to play around and shoot a feature with Jill Hunt whose family owned the store with Copelin\u2019s Office Supply.<\/p><p>Our own reckless play might be one of the reasons the hula-hoops hang extra high, and the Rody bouncy toys are on the top shelf too.<\/p><p>The real customers inside the new Kidoodles are serious shoppers this time of year, as are Stephanie\u2019s 2nd grader twins who work here themselves.<\/p><p>\u201cThey work here on Thursdays,\u201d she tells us.<\/p><p>The O\u2019Haras knew they were taking on a sacred trust in taking over Oklahoma\u2019s largest independent toy store, but it\u2019s not all serious business.<\/p><p>Putting fun within easy reach is never without its own rewards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View original KFOR Article NORMAN, Okla. 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