Horray for Tulip Day!

I wanted to make sure we made it to see the tulip fields before my ticking time bomb belly goes off! The weather forecast today was decent so we drove the 25 minutes south to Voorhout/Sassenheim. We didn't really have a destination in mind- just to drive to see the fields and pop out to take some pictures. 

I loved the first field we came across with yellow/peach/orange beauties! We had the whole field to ourselves for a while until another group of tulip peepers came and took our family photo. 

Our second field had a beautiful ombre effect of pink to red tulips. Jude really wanted to pick these so we promised him we would go to an actual pluktuin (pick your own) place so as not to anger these farmers!

37 1/2 weeks :)

Taken out the car window

Last year we went to a pluktuin when our friends Amelia and Max were visiting. You need to choose tulips that are still closed and pull them from the root so that you keep the bulb intact. It was 5 euro for 25 tulips and we decided that wouldn't be enough so we picked 50 :) Jude LOVED picking the tulips, putting them in the bucket and carrying them to the picnic table where our collection was growing. It was really sweet to see his determination in the activity.

Now we get to wait and see the fruits of our labor as tulips of all varieties and colors will light up our apartment in the coming week! It was a morning that filled me with happiness!

"Me really strong!"