A New Tradition

Old Town Spring, that is!!!! Well, if you live down in the Houston area or Bay Area, it is a must see. When, we first moved down here to League City 6 years ago, a friend kept telling me how cool this "Old Town Spring" was and all the shops, and food, and shops, and food. You get the picture! :) Anyway, last year Ryan and I finally made a trip to Spring, Texas which is on the North side of Houston. It was amazing and so much fun. You see, I am such a Fredericksburg, Texas lover and always will be but this had such a feel of Fredericksburg with the unique, specialty shops made of old houses lining 2 streets. This sure can make a momma happy! Last December, Ryan and I went all by ourselves and found this little German food and gifts shop. It was so cool! It had chocolate and gifts, and more chocolates to buy that were from Germany. Then, Yes..just want I wanted for the girls. I found an Advent calendar for kids with little Germany chocolates inside. I was so excited to buy this for the girls as I had an Advent calendar almost every year growing up and that was one thing I remember looking forward to during Christmas. The girls loved doing it every day last year counting down the days until Christmas! It was so cute because my little sweet, candy lover Avery never forgot that we were to open a door for a chocolate!

Well, this year we made a trip back to Old Town Spring and one of the last shops we went into was the famous German shop. Yep, we bought 3 advent calendars for the girls and this year, they got to pick which one they wanted. We had family in town this weekend so we decided to take them to Old Town Spring so we had the whole gang with us. BTW...we only lost Annalise once! That's a miracle since her nickname from me is bullet!!! Anyway, I decided on our journey home that this was it, my new tradition for my girls. We would go to Old Town Spring and shop and get our yearly advent calendars for Christmas! :) Makes me smile just typing this out. It was a good day and quite chilly for South Texas. I loved it!

Here are some pictures to enjoy.