Flower Parade

It's a tradition here in Holland to have a Flower Parade the last Saturday in April. The parade goes through quite a few towns on Saturday, Saturday night they are all put on display all lit up, and then Sunday you can go see the floats during the day. Once again, we headed out to see the parade on Saturday. You can find the parade route online and with your handy GPS it's easy to find a spot to stop and watch. The girls enjoy the parade. Well, Audrey enjoys just being wiggly outdoors and Rachel enjoys watching the parade and listening to the music. We hit the parade right around noon. So, we had a little picnic on the side of the road while we watched the parade roll by.

Audrey found herself a little seat (although a few minutes after taking this photo she fell backwards and was stuck between the foot rest and her stroller, luckily she didn't get too upset!):About halfway through the parade Audrey thought it was hilarious to just walk in circles. She was cracking herself up! Here are a few shots of some of the floats:
I really liked the biker one:
After the parade we then headed to the beach. It was too nice of a day to pass up! We ended up spending about 2 hours at the beach. The girls were so content to just play in the sand (especially when their daddy is so much fun!). After the beach we went searching for some tulips (since we really hadn't seen any the previous Saturday) and we lucked out!
Here's a shot of a field when we stopped by a little stand to buy some tulips to take home:
Another fun Saturday outing! It's really going to be a bummer when we are going to have responsibilities on Saturday once again, like yard work...