But when Brookland Park shop owners told her Richmond needed a store like hers, she listened. Jalesa and her husband, John, opened the original location of Tyrannosaurus Tot in February 2025. After about two years of online sales and farmers market appearances, the Dodsons tested the waters by opening their first brick-and-mortar Tyrannosaurus Tot store. A move to Richmond in September 2025 brought the couple and their three children to Brookland Park and its rapidly growing strip of businesses, where 113 W. Brookland Park Blvd. “We don’t want them to grow up too fast; we want them to really just be kids and enjoy it.