The Joy of Toys

I have a Christmas Eve tradition of taking the boys to a toy store to pick out gifts for each other.

The last two years we've spent Christmas in Austin, so their favorite toy store choice has been Toy Joy.

They carry things like Convert To Judaism Breath Spray, Jesus Bandages, 

Hannukah rubber ducks and lots of other crazy toys.

They carry everything goofy and funny.  

Bulging eyeball glasses, owl keychains, peanut erasers, Ugly dolls, etc.

This was something new I'd never seen before:

Japanese Imported Radioactive Rainbow Children!

Did you see anything strange this Christmas?

Any bizarre gifts given or received?

Toy Joy

On Christmas Eve, in Austin, Texas, I ended up at Toy Joy

with my two sons and my soon-to-be-ex-husband.

We let Donny & Remy buy their Christmas gifts for each other.

which is an interesting experience, to say the least.

Toy Joy is an amazing store.

I've never been anywhere quite like it.

 

Every inch of the store is filled...

with musical instruments you can play with your nose,

collectibles, wind up toys, stuffed animals, Japanese toys, disguises, balls of every kind.

Fake ice cubes.

rubber insects.

blow up aliens.

They  hang toys from their ceilings as well...

Disco balls,

kites,

stuffed animals,

kites

Japanese lanterns...

It takes hours just to see a tiny corner of this store.

You could get lost for days exploring every inch.

It's the best novely toy store ever.

They had robots on their Christmas tree!!

I'll have to show you what the boys picked out for each other in another post.