Do You Remember Cabbage Patch Kids?

Okay - do you remember the Cabbage Patch Kids? They came out decades ago and they are still in the stores today - but they aren't all that popular anymore. The originator of the Cabbage Patch Doll was from Cleveland, GA and we stopped on the way to Helen.

This is Babyland General Hospital

These are the new babies in the nursery -

These are the premies -

This is the cabbage patch - where the babies are born out of a cabbage every so often and you can name them and of course, buy them -

Here is a cabbage giving birth!

And of course a lot of other things can be bought - kind of pricey.

Triplets -

Let me just tell you that my GS wanted nothing to do with 'Baby' Land General - he complained the whole entire way though - he was sure it was girly and he just couldn't have that. Now who would have put that in his mind - thanks Grandpa!

I have a good memory of cabbage patch dolls concerning my mother in law - she would never ever buy anything for herself - ever. She never drove. They saved every penny they had. Yet one Christmas when these dolls were so incredibly popular - she got Ernie (my father in law) and they went to Wal- Mart at like 3am in the morning and she and Ernie waited in line until the store opened. There was a mob! But my mother in law was one tough cookie and she had made her mind up - she was going to get her granddaughter a doll. And by golly SHE GOT MY DAUGHTER A DOLL! Thank you Anne and Ernie.



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