Wonderful Weekend

I have not been very good at this blogging thing - so here is my attempt to try and start posting more frequently.

We had a great weekend. I went out Friday night with my friend Jamie to celebrate her birthday and as usual we talked late into the night. Always nice to have some "girl time".

Saturday Elyse and I went to see Disney's Beauty and the Beast with Grace, Abby, Misti and Grandma. We went out to lunch and then to the show. I was especially excited because I thought we had great seats - we were in the first row in the balcony - so it would be easy for the girls to see without anyone in front of them. When we got to the show, we were told that they had closed the balcony (due to a low number of ticket sales) and that our seats had been upgraded to the mezzanine. We were not so sure about this - but it ended up being great. We were about 1/3 of the way up in the mezzanine and right in the center. And the best part was that no one sat directly in front of us - so it was very easy to see the entire stage! It was a great show and the girls all loved it!

Today Jeff and Andrew went fishing in the morning and we all went back out to the marina to enjoy the sunshine. The kids were so excited to get their suits on and play at the beach and in the water. Jeff worked on the boat - cleaning and such - while I enjoyed just sitting in my beach chair watching the kids play. It felt like summer! I'm ready for more days like that - hopefully this weather will continue into next weekend!

Tulip Time

We had a fun and busy Tulip Time week. I was dancing again this year and I think Elyse was my biggest fan! She came to watch me dance every time - even on the last night when it was a cloudy, cool and a little rainy. She even wore her costume every night, except for the last night. Besides dancing, the kids and I did the street scrubbing on Wed. and then stayed and watched the parade. We headed back downtown on Thursday to watch the Kinderparade. Next year Elyse will be able to march with her class in the Kinderparade! Unfortunately, Saturday was not a good parade day - very windy and cold - so we stayed home. And of course, it wouldn't be Tulip Time without a visit or 2 to the junk food vendors - yum!! Here are a few pics from our fun week.



Andrew didn't have his costume on this night - but I thought it was such a cute pic of the 2 kids.

Andrew loved filling the bucket up with water and then dumping it out when we were street scrubbing!

Elyse street scrubbing.

Christopher and Elyse before we started street scrubbing.

We met up with Dylan, Kenz and Christopher at the beginning of the parade route so we could all street scrub together. Here the kids are "practicing" their street scrubbing skills as they try and push the leftover rain water into the drain.

Elyse was into making silly faces this year when we were taking pics - so silly!


My beautiful little dutch girl!