At 19 months, Emerson loves to play outside and doesn’t come back inside the house without a fight. Thanks to the unseasonably warm weather this year we’ve already racked up several walks to the park, collected all the sticks in our yard (and every other yard on the way to the park), made a few trips around town in the bike trailer with dad, and jogged with mom in the stroller — she’s a great passenger! Going hand-in-hand with the great outdoors, Emerson is deeply fascinated by animals. She has learned to say bird, dog, puppy, kitty, woof, meow, and tweet. We are working at distinguishing dogs from all other...
EE + EE
I’m still working on catching the blog up to speed with all the fun stuff that’s happened lately! This weekend we got a special visit from an old friend. Erin welcomed us into our new home and we welcomed her back to the mid-west! It was refreshing to have her around and now that we’re within driving distance of one another I plan on many more weekends together. Somehow she managed to escape Pella without experiencing Dutch letters, poffertjes or the Wyatt Earp homestead but maybe it’s better to let her ease into things around here. We did see lots of tulips and enjoyed perfect weather and a parade. Thanks...
Tulip Time Tom-Foolery
The great Dutch phenomenon of Tulip Time is among us. After months of speculating over weather conditions and the health of the sacred tulips, it’s time to shine-up your wooden shoes and join the festivities. While I look forward to food vendors lining the streets with their colorful stands so that I might enjoy a variety of fried foods and bratwurst galore, I’ve adopted a more local attitude now that I live in the heart of the action. Instead of going directly home from work last night, I made the poor choice of stopping at Wal-Mart first. By the time I finished my shopping the Klompen Classic 5K race had...