We're Expanding!  Ya-hoo!!

After five years in our Atwood Avenue location, we've decided it's time to make the move to a bigger space...

Where are you moving?
About a mile and a half down the road from our current location:  Our new address is 4116 Monona Drive; Madison, WI 53716.  We'll be located in the Lake Edge Shopping Center - by some of our favorite family-friendly local businesses - Bongo Video, Crema Cafe and Monona Bootery.

How do I get there?  Easy peasy...
From our current location: Head east on Atwood Avenue.  Atwood Ave turns into Monona Drive.  Lake Edge is on the left side of the street past the corner of Monona and Buckeye.
From the beltline (12-18): Take the Monona Drive exit and head west to 4116 Monona.  OR take the Stoughton road exit and head west.  Take a left on Buckeye Road - drive until Buckeye hits Monona and the shopping center is right there.

When are you moving?
January 2, 2010.

How long will you be closed?
Just a couple of days...We will be closed December 30-January 1.  And since we're always closed the 31st and 1st - we hope you'll hardly notice the extra day.

Why Lake Edge?
Oh how we love the Atwood Neighborhood...and we sure will miss being right in it!  However we wanted to move to a bigger location that would be easier to get to and find - while still being close to our first location.  We also love the fact that Lake Edge has other businesses that you, our customers, are likely to love.  For example, Monona Bootery is a great children's shoe store - we've been referring our customers there for years!  And we like this neighborhood too - it's a stone's throw from Lake Monona, sandwiched between the Pinney Branch and Monona libraries, and down the street from Nuestro Mundo charter school.

Tell me more...

• Our new space is about 3 times larger than our Atwood Avenue space - we will be doubling our retail space, adding a second classroom, and gaining tons of storage space for our web store inventory.
• The second classroom has allowed us to add 5 new classes to the class schedule already - with more additions in the works for Spring and Fall!
• We'll be adding a brand-new kids play area in the store!
• More fun for kids! Both the walls and the floor in the bathrooms can be drawn on - helpful for keeping siblings occupied during diaper changes, etc.
• The view of the Capitol across the Lake- especially at sunset - sure is fabulous!
• It's going to be beautiful inside too! We're using eco-friendly paint and cork floors - plus gorgeous recycled glass accents (from Eco-Friendly Flooring) and we'll be incoporating the tiles YOU painted in December into the space.

Check out our progress below...

tear-out and framing done!

customer-made tiles - to incorporate in the new store

the larger classroom - walls started

the store front - "under construction"

taking our Atwood sign down for its "makeover"

we love drywall!

walls and floor - ready to roll!

cork, beautiful cork!

Carolynn and Greg put fixtures together in the new store

stay tuned for more updates here or check our faceboook page: search "Happy Bambino"