Saturday, May 8, 2010

The Dutch & the Poo, Happy Mother's Day to You

I (Randy) only had braces for 2 years... and a retainer for 6 years prior so they could get braces on.

Anne still can't wait to play the violin. This violin is a baby toy guitar and the bow is a wooden screw driver.

What an angel.


We went to the 75th annual Tulip Time Festival in Pella, IA. It's a small town that was founded by Dutch immigrants and they have a week of parades and all things Dutch. I'm not sure if spring hit a little early this year, but we did make sure to get a picture by one of the last tulip flower beds that still had flowers with petals on them.


It was sweet to see a parade where one of the main attractions was a bunch of parents pushing their kids in strollers (many with wooden shoes, of course).

We weren't quite sure what this float had to do Holland, but then we saw the shoes...

Our favorite part of the parade.

Anne's and Ruby's favorite part of the day -- the shuttle ride into the city -- in a REAL (old) yellow school bus!


Ruby has been getting into EVERYTHING lately. The highlight of our week was when Ruby showed us that a travel size tube full of
+

+
=
poop on the floor
(I'm talking a log)

The most amazing part was that she never took her diaper off...

Happy Mother's Day!!!

3 comments:

Jennifer said...

That Dutch parade looks really fun--I love that one of the strollers was an old-fashioned baby buggy--awesome! Megan, about the prior post, I totally relate! It's always nice to be able to see your toes again (and sleep on my stomach!) Soon, Naomi will have a cute little Iowa Griffiths cousin--hopefully we'll be able to get them together before too long.

Randy, way to make the title of your post rhyme--now that takes some talent! Ruby, Ruby, Ruby--well, good experiments I suppose with the toothpaste and Tums and such! We love you!

Randy said...

The title was actually Megan's idea :)

Amber said...

Wow. The next time I am constipated, I'll take Ruby's advice!!