And yes part two of our day in Holland! There were so many pictures that I felt like each portion deserved their own time to shine.
For the Tulip Time festival there were so many different areas to be explored so it was hard to pick and choose. Ultimately we went with Veldheer Farms because they boasted 5 million bulbs planted each year. Which, how could one not be interested in seeing what 5 million tulips looked like!? Well, Leia you know just because 5 million were planted doesn't mean that 5 million grew right? Yeah, so! And leave your fancy drone at home because it was explicitly noted as a 'no drone zone' which I found to be extremely petty but I guess they are just trying to make a living too, right?
The trip to Veldheer Farms started off by going into their gift shop/wooden shoe factory which was an absolute mistake. Both girls tried on the traditional clogs and Piper fell head over wooden heels in love.
After a lot of bribing we were able to convince Piper to leave the shoes behind so we could begin the next part of our tulipy adventure!
The tadpole 'pond' was the next little snag in the road. It was nice letting them sit down for a minute and check everything out and granny even graciously scooped one out so Kennedy could examine it for a moment, but these kids would have been happy to sit here all day. I kept waiting for Piper to fall in because all afternoon she had been tripping over her feet. I think her rubber uglies were just causing her grief. As I predicted based on how the exit from the wooden shoes went, Piper was not going to leave without a fight. I resorted to walking away shouting, "okay, bye!" After I rounded the corner out of her sight she reluctantly came bounding back towards us but I was now feeling sketch about how the rest of the afternoon would play out.
Each plot was numbered and you could look them up in their brochure to purchase and have shipped to you. Kennedy ended up circling almost every number. More of a scavenger hunt than a shopping list.
Each row of tulips were separated by a a small ditch and Piper fell down almost every single one. But she also was just randomly falling down all day like I said earlier.
Played it off pretty smoothly, Pipes.
This is the point when Piper had just had it. After letting her stay in the tulip plot for a picture she refused to get out and I obviously had to go into mean mom mode. I probably looked like I was trying to snatch her up because like a nervous dog who had just run away, each time she met eyes with me she would scamper ahead of me further with her arms folded exclaiming, "not my friend ever again!"
And then Ken had her moment shortly after. We had bee non-stop all day but a quick race to see who could get to granny first solved all those issues for the most part.
No one is cooler than Piper.
Good one.
And in a world where conformity is key, be the tulip that is doing it's own thing and surviving just the same.
But I would totally recommend a trip to this farm. Admission for adults was $10 and I think $5 for children over the age of 3, but as you can see from the pictures you're free to roam around all day at your leisure and even set up a temporary art studio if you're feeling creative. The flowers seemed endless and once again I was blown away by all the varieties. Half didn't even look like tulips and my favorites were the peony/tulip hybrids. Absolutely beautiful. By the end of the day both girls were covered in dirt and ready to head home.
Veldheer: Where Flowers Bloom and the Buffalo Roam.
Leia
After a lot of bribing we were able to convince Piper to leave the shoes behind so we could begin the next part of our tulipy adventure!
The tadpole 'pond' was the next little snag in the road. It was nice letting them sit down for a minute and check everything out and granny even graciously scooped one out so Kennedy could examine it for a moment, but these kids would have been happy to sit here all day. I kept waiting for Piper to fall in because all afternoon she had been tripping over her feet. I think her rubber uglies were just causing her grief. As I predicted based on how the exit from the wooden shoes went, Piper was not going to leave without a fight. I resorted to walking away shouting, "okay, bye!" After I rounded the corner out of her sight she reluctantly came bounding back towards us but I was now feeling sketch about how the rest of the afternoon would play out.
Each plot was numbered and you could look them up in their brochure to purchase and have shipped to you. Kennedy ended up circling almost every number. More of a scavenger hunt than a shopping list.
Each row of tulips were separated by a a small ditch and Piper fell down almost every single one. But she also was just randomly falling down all day like I said earlier.
Played it off pretty smoothly, Pipes.
This is the point when Piper had just had it. After letting her stay in the tulip plot for a picture she refused to get out and I obviously had to go into mean mom mode. I probably looked like I was trying to snatch her up because like a nervous dog who had just run away, each time she met eyes with me she would scamper ahead of me further with her arms folded exclaiming, "not my friend ever again!"
And then Ken had her moment shortly after. We had bee non-stop all day but a quick race to see who could get to granny first solved all those issues for the most part.
No one is cooler than Piper.
Good one.
But I would totally recommend a trip to this farm. Admission for adults was $10 and I think $5 for children over the age of 3, but as you can see from the pictures you're free to roam around all day at your leisure and even set up a temporary art studio if you're feeling creative. The flowers seemed endless and once again I was blown away by all the varieties. Half didn't even look like tulips and my favorites were the peony/tulip hybrids. Absolutely beautiful. By the end of the day both girls were covered in dirt and ready to head home.
Veldheer: Where Flowers Bloom and the Buffalo Roam.
Leia
