Tulip Time

For the 4th consecutive year, we have represented our Dutch heritage at the Tulip Time Festival in Orange City, IA. To think, Jesse actually didn't want to go this year. It's a good thing we did because this is the first time the tulips were still in bloom, and boy, were they gorgeous! There were so many different colors and varieties. And, this year, we were even there early enough to get Dutch letters...of course, they were still all S's. Jesse will go to his grave wishing they made the letter J. Maverick was pretty good all day. It was really windy. We left before the parade was over, but it is the same every year, so we didn't miss much!

Although he wasn't in costume, we thought we had the cutest kid at the festival. We're hoping to get him dressed up next year. Maverick has really taken to drooling...sometimes he's like a little puppy.

We like to think that we can get Maverick to "see" and "smell" the flowers, but he really has no idea what we want him to do. The bright colors were catching his attention though!

At the end of the day, we had a very tuckered out little baby boy. He was asleep in no time in the car. We stopped at the Ice Cream Capital of the World (LeMars, IA) and had a cone. It was great. It was much fresher that the store...right. It was a cute little ice cream parlor. When we got back to Vermillion, our friend Angelica stayed with Maverick and we headed to the new Narnia movie; we both really liked it. I also helped plant the garden this weekend. We're having a community garden at our pastor's house. More on that to come.