Tulip Time is well-underway, and we are having a marvelous time!
Bryan's Uncle Dave and his wife, Lisa, and Lisa's mom, Betty visited us this past weekend. They had never been to Holland before and came to check out the tulip festival. So, we toured them around Holland as best as we could and enjoyed being tourists in our own town! We spent most of Saturday downtown, watching the dutch dancers, shopping, admiring the beautiful tulips, and taking a trolley tour through the city. We ended the day with a visit to Veldheer Tulip farms where we bought the smallest wooden shoes I have ever seen....a perfect fit for Elise. Sunday brought us to windmill island and then a delicious lunch at New Holland Brew.
This week has been busy so far with dutch dance and meeting friends downtown for junk food. I don't recommend trying the Italian sausage on the same night as trying the onion rings.....just a thought.
Elise has been a pretty good sport with all the stroller rides and changing clothes into and out of her dutch costume, but I've found that she pretty much hates wearing it and will put up a fuss just to be released from all that lace. I won't even mention how she feels about her hat.
We enjoyed scrubbing the streets this afternoon with my dad, sisters, and my niece and nephew. It turned out to be a beautiful day! We always say that we might skip it, but then we always end up going and having a wonderful time.
The rest of the week will be more of the same: dutch dancing, junk food, friends, parades. FUN, FUN, FUN! Here are a few pictures of the last couple days:
Elise and Me in front of the house in our costumes, some day we'll have matching!
Thef amily: Dad, Ella, Abby, Noah, Jessica, Elise, and Me ready to scrub the streets! (we missed mom this year, she was home vacuuming water)
My niece, Ella
My nephew, Noah
Me, Jessica, Abby
My dad, carrying a tired Elise through the parade
Our family downtown...some year Bryan will have a costume, too!
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