Beanie Baby Boulevard

I went on a vacation trip with my daughter and grandchildren last week. My oldest granddaughter was very excited to hear that Galena, Illinois has a main street with lots of stores. I was worried that the shops might not be what she was expecting and that did seem to be the case at first as she quickly decided she only wanted to go to the “tie baby candy store”. When we did go there after checking out a lot more stores it turned out she was saying TY Baby Candy Store and it sure was! In addition to having lots of current TY stuffed toys for sale, Galena’s Kandy Kitchen has the largest collection of vintage Beanie Babies I’ve ever seen.

And these are just the small classic ones! The other wall hosted lots more large ones.

My granddaughter considered purchasing a large TY stuffed toy but decided to just buy some gummy worms and save most of her money to spend at the toy store at the other end of the street. So I guess we won’t have to be on the lookout for a Beanie Baby Boulevard sign for her room!