Village for the Dutch

This is one of our stops during Tulip Time "Dutch Villiage". We stock up on droppies and snoopies (for snoopy sandwiches). I am not into the salty licorice, so I stick to the ones covered in sugar. While in Holland, I made sure everyone knew Ryan's mom - Barbara is 100% dutch. I was hoping we would get something free out of it at dinner. But the 100% German waitress was not amused.

I did learn some swear words in dutch. So that is a plus. (Apparently, that is all Barbara knows)

Heeeeere's Ethan

This kid cracks me up. He comes up with some of the funniest one liners. While in Michigan, he came running down stairs and said "Here is me!!" He said it with so much enthusiasm I could not correct him. In fact he has a couple words that I never correct because they are so sweet to me.

For "airplane" he says "airclane"

For "very" he says "bery".

If he really wants to make his point he will say "bery, bery, bery". I love it! And my absolute favorite thing he said in Michigan, " You guys better not be bery sleeping"...TRANSLATION: "Grandma & Haili, you better not be sleeping right now".

Mother's Day in Michigan

We spent Mother's Day in Holland, Michigan. We soaked up all the wooden shoes and tulips Holland has to offer during Tulip Time. Grandma Brabra (as Holland would say) and Haili boo joined us. It was a blast! Since this was our second year enjoying the festivities, Ryan managed to find a little old house on the lake. It was the best. More photos and stories to come!