The Perks of Living in Germany - Co-authored by Sarah

After coming home from a long day at school, D told me she had a surprise. She handed me an advent calendar. Now this was not any normal advent calendar, this was a KINDER EGG advent calendar. Not only do you get a piece of chocolate for every day of December, but you also get a little toy. I was beyond excited, as I truly appreciate the little knick - knacks of life. However the excitement did not end there. We soon found out that advent calendars here are a big deal.  When C, D, and I went to Real there were aisles of advent calendars: kinder egg, lindt chocolate, play mobile advent calendars, lego starwars advent calendars. You name it and they have it. Being as exicted as we were we decided we needed to send some back home, to our family and friends. However we were quickly disappointed because kinder eggs are illegal in the U.S: lindt choclate and lego calendars would have to do. Throughout the weeks we have managed to gather quite the collection, as we let our excitement get the best of us. D and I were at the grocery store and saw a marzipan calendar: which of course we had to buy for C. Then D and C were at the pet store and yes you guessed, they found dog treat advent calendars, one for each dog. The last advent calendar, D found. As she was looking around Edeka, our labbones, she found a sexy advent calendar. D thought it was the most ridiculous thing, so what did she do - she bought one. The next thing I know, an advent calendar with 3 shirtless men on the front is sitting in the pile.

Kinder egg calendar

yes, we went a little overboard. 

Kinder Egg Calendar

The perspective toys in the kinder eggs

Playmobile calendar

Playmobile calendar

Marzipan calendar for C

Dog Calendar

The treat selection

enough said. 

Now advent calendars were not our only excitement. As it is now Christmas season, the stores are filled with little treats. Being the 5 year old that I am, D saw a Kinder-Egg Maxi at the store and brought back a few for K and I. We have been keeping a collection of the toys, yes our excitement again got the best of us. 

  

A puzzle

A game

penguin

rodent on a wheel

rodent on a bike

Seal, shuffle boarder

The collection.

Here are some other little knick- knacks that we have found. 

This spins, when the candles are lit. Traditional German item. 

The best candy in the world.