I've decided to participate; I'm throwing this item "into the ring"
A hat
Chapter 21 of this classic is "Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace"
Little Women
Use all 7 of your tiles on one turn & get a 50-point bonus
Scrabble
The "crops" produced on this cookie "Farm" include Sausalito, Geneva & Milano cookies
Pepperidge Farms
t's not "off the wall" to want a pair of this brand's original slip-on skate shoes
Vans
Look at the size of you! You're "growing like" one of these normally unwelcome plants
A weed
Chapter 15 of "Twilight" is named for this family of Edward's
The Cullens
The classic version incorporates real streets in Atlantic City
Monopoly
"Fig" has been added to & dropped from the name of these cookies that were originally only filled with fig jam
Newtons
This beachy clothing store, an offshoot of Abercrombie & Fitch, is known as HCo for short
Hollister
That pair is so alike, they're like these, a pair of legumes together
Peas in a pod
"The Expanding Universe" is a chapter in his book "A Brief History of Time"
Stephen Hawking
Water on the knee is one challenge
Operation
It calls itself "milk's favorite cookie"
Oreos
I'm in the mood for the sweetfire chicken breast from this quick-service Chinese place
Panda Express
We're doing it, no matter what, "come hell or" this other condition
High water
Chapter 1 of this novel by Louis Sachar begins "There is no lake at Camp Green Lake"
Holes
Use letter tiles to build words in this a-peeling game with a fruit in its name
Banagrams
We like that this No. 1 chocolate chip cookie brand has an exclamation point in its name
Chips Ahoy!
Get a birthday card for mom at this store chain founded in 1950 & named for an early form of paper
Papyrus
You can do this for exercise, or to "your memory"
To jog
This first book in a series has the chapters "What Lucy Found There" & "Back on This Side of the Door"
The Lion the witch and the wardrobe
It takes some math skills & strategy to win in this ancient African family of games
Mancala
This showman's name is on a brand of animal crackers that date back to 1902
P.T. Barnum
1975 saw the opening of the first of the clothing stores called Charlotte this
Russe