A little Easter Surprise...

As much as one can surprise themselves, that is :) Whilst on our little excursion to Pike's Place Market, Megan and I were rumbling about quite a few of the food shoppes (little specialty markets). This was very much at my request...and I found some real treasures. I literally gasped and pulled dear Megan over when I saw these wonderful Kinder eggs.

I first had the opportunity to indulge in these grand little eggs in Hungary at Eastertime 1998. Ever since, I have really missed them. When overseas in 2007 I was only able to find the Kinder Joy...which is quite different, yet also quite enjoyable!

Anyway...I purchased two (the fact our dollar is worth nearly nothing in the world market meant they were a little pricier than my budget had room for). Megan and I shared one on the bus ride home and I save the other for Easter.

Basically, this is a hollow egg. It has a double layer shell--one of milk chocolate the other milky white. The 'surprise' part is the toy inside! Way better than anything Cracker Jack has handed out in decades! There are themed sets of toys...usually you have a hand in putting the toy together and they are often quite silly.

This time around I had a spy themed toy. I'll have to take some photos of my Kinder Toys and post them up sometime.

Here you'll see the Bunny Mr. Potato Heads that were in my office. My spring time decor :)
They came down rather quickly since my secret pal at work gave me three of the Mr. Potato Head Parts and Pieces sets in my eater basket : Doctor, Police Man and Snowman. (THANKS SECRET PAL!!!) Here is a photo of them standing together. On a potato note...I just saw that there is a a new one!!!!! Taters of the Lost Ark--WOW! Here is a photo from the Hasbro Site:
Goodness...So many Potato Heads...so little time! My Star Wars Spuds are still lacking the company of Spudda Fett (Boba is absolutely one of my favorite villains!!!) and Darth Mash.

Well...needless to say, Easter was quite enjoyable for me in the PacNW. I was still feeling quite unwell and spent much of the day resting (doing nothing other than feel rather awful, that is).

The thing I always long to hear on Easter:
One: "He is risen!!"
Many: "He is risen indeed!!!!!!!"

Either way...He is truly risen!