Mystery man

Yesterday hubby made grilled cheese sandwiches. 

Can you see a face in this piece of toast?  We see a man with a mustache.  It He It was yummy.

Good-bye Tulip Time!

Tulip Time is finally over and everything is returning back to normal. 

Good-bye, kissers.*  (*These two small metal spirals are supposed to keep boys from kissing you!)

Good-bye, bands and shiny instruments.

Adios, men on horseback!

Moo-moo Moo-moo.  (Translated:  Good-bye, funny floats.  We'll see you next year.)

So blue

Charlie stopped to sniff something on the ground during our morning walk:

What is this delicate blue object?

At first I thought it was a tiny dyed Easter egg.  But who would dare to dye such delicate eggs?  A quick internet search informed me that it was a robin's egg and that they're naturally this gorgeous shade of blue.  Hubby and I are now keeping our eyes open for a nearby nest.

Here comes the parade (Pt 2)

Here are some sights and sounds from the Parade.

The Dutch Dancers started training in January!

Dutch Dancing from Pink Stripey Socks on Vimeo.

Little red wagon?  Nope.  It's a little red klompen!

Here comes the big red klompen! from Pink Stripey Socks on Vimeo.

Looking good and sounding good.

Marching band and Color Guard from Pink Stripey Socks on Vimeo.

Best band uniforms

Salute to Hawaii Five-O from Pink Stripey Socks on Vimeo.

Who knew ice-cream men could dance?

Dancing Ice Cream Men from Pink Stripey Socks on Vimeo.

Here comes the parade (Pt 1)

Here are some photos from yesterday's Tulip Time parade.  

He just can't wait for the parade to start.

First, they cleaned the streets.

Creative cleaning

We heard lots of marching bands.

Look at their pom-poms!

I wonder what this car's gas mileage is?

Can you guess who sponsored this float?

(Movies to come tomorrow!)