Tulip Festival!

Thank you, Mom & Dad, for sending the pictures so quickly! My blog friends thank you, too :)

Without further adieu, I present to you our little Dutch family:

Just hanging out in the tulip gardens.

Caroline getting dangerously close to picking a tulip (a crime worthy of hefty fines in OC) while her dutch daddy smiles on.

In all our dutch glory.

Grandma Ann & Grandpa AJ came, too! After we took this picture, another couple standing nearby (obviously tourists), then asked if they could also take their picture with Caroline. Of course we obliged them.

All smiles with her Great-Grandpa AJ

Just out for a stroll...in the parade. Caroline fell asleep about this time, so Daddy decided to carry her and would wave to the crowds with her limp little arm. It was pretty cute.

My cousin was crowned Tulip Queen when she was a senior in high school - obviously a huge honor in this community. She wasn't able to come this year, but was gracious enough to let me wear her amazing costume, complete with lots of handmade beading and embroidery. So I just pretended like I was the Queen. No big deal.

Keeping watch over the buggy with sleeping baby.

Just a few of the millions of beautiful tulips.

My favorite Dutchman & baby.

Aunt Linda, thank you so much for all of the work you put in to having costumes for each of us, floats for us to ride on, and plenty of dutch treats during the down times. We had so much fun, and it was a joy for me to bring my own daughter to experience something I've enjoyed since I was her age. We look forward to the next time we can make it to the Tulip Festival!