Free the Kinder-Egg

Mmmm, Kinder Eggs have got to be one of my favorite things about the super markets here. Well, besides the Happy Hippos, and the Buenos.. you get the idea. Too bad the eggs are illegal in the U.S. I'll miss them when we move! Kinder Eggs are hollow chocolate eggs that have a plastic bubble inside like the ones you get in the machines where you insert a quarter and turn the knob and you get some little plastic toy? Some of the toys need to be put together, sometimes there is a puzzle, a car, there are thousands of different kinder surprises. They even have different themed eggs you can buy. Barbie, Disney, Spongebob, Hello Kitty, ect! All the eggs have warnings that they are not for children 0-3 due to the small pieces. The plain "non-themed" eggs cost about € .40-.55. The themed eggs usually have cuter prizes, in my opinion, and cost about €.99. Around the holidays like Christmas and Easter they even have huge eggs for sale. I've seen some for as much as €10!

(This is one of the giant eggs. It's about the size of an american football.)

There are signs posted at our post office warning that it's against customs regulations to mail these eggs back to the United States. (Read more about that.) I've heard several reason why but the most convincing theory I have heard is that the US has a ban against any non-food items being embedded inside food. (They must think we're all dumb enough to eat the egg whole.) I wonder if that's why there are not toys in my cereal anymore?


There is an online petition you can sign if you'd like to try to help get this ban lifted or revised. Click here to visit the blog for more info and sign the petition to Free the Egg.

https://www.facebook.com/freetheegg

Where we get our mail...

The CMR was the busiest I have ever seen tonight! I don't know if all the backed up Christmas mail finally burst through but there was a line all the way from the pick up window around the corner. By the time I made it half way to the pick up window, that many more people had joined the line and it was still going around the corner our of sight! Crazy! We check our mail everyday (except Sunday when they are closed for pick ups) and we had 3 packages today! YAY! I absolutely love getting packages. How often do you check you mail? 

(I love her outfit btw!)

Mail Call

Where we collect our mail here on post is called the CMR (Community Mail Room). When we get a package they leave a little yellow card in our box. I LOVE seeing those yellow cards when I open our mail box! 

My friend Cathy makes these AWESOME care packages. Even the outside is completely decorated. I hated to cut the tape because it had cute ducks all over it!

Each flap is covered with decorations

Doesn't she do an amazing job?

Cathy is so creative

She makes them for her husband for every holiday and they are adorable

My little girl is already in love and she hasn't even seen whats INSIDE the box yet

She was so spoiled this easter

It didn't take long for her to start pulling of the stickers and start putting them on her hands.

Jackpot!

She was so excited :)

We happened to get 4 packages that day. It was like christmas at our house. My husband got some car parts.

I got a new laptop (that my husband was just as excited about as I was)

My daughter got a gift from another friend Sarah

She even included a toy for our cat Slinky!

And no, we don't get mail on Easter or on Sundays. We actually got these a few days ago. For those of you stationed here in Baumholder the CMR is open Monday-Friday 10am to 6pm.

We had a marvelous Easter (three days in a row of BBQ's) and I hope all of you did too!