Tulip Gardens

Well today was family day and we chose to go the tulip festival in woodburn. It was the best type of day not to sunny and just enough cloud cover to not get hot and sweaty.

It has changed since we went here last year. Can you say commercialization!! It was like we were at a county fair. There were all sorts of rides and things that cost money. When we were here last year it had the garden of course then just some odds and ends of fun for the kids. They had all that plus MORE. Seeing as how we didn't count on spending money we had packed a picnic lunch and snacks. So I sat down with the kids and reminded them that we can have fun without spending money and that we were gonna prove it today. They thought it was a good idea. I forget they can read(they are 11 and 8) they quickly saw that the tickets were a dollar apiece and the rides took 3-5 each. They didn't want to go on any. So today was a great day to see what we could do.

First we went out to the gardens and looked at all the different colors.

Then we went and looked at the steam engines, they had one going when we got over there so awesome. Then as the day went on we did some fun in the sandbox, horse swings, rubber ducky races, roping the cow, played in a pile of hay and went down a roller slide. They had some rescue birds there that loved kids and the kids were allowed to hold them! How awesome is that.

All in all it was one of our best times this year.

Today made me realize how awesome my kids are. They were polite, understanding, full of fun and proved to me that money means not that much to kids and they get it when stuff is too expensive. Man we have done a great job with these guys. They make me so proud. I got a compliment on them today, not once did they cry and apparently someone was watching and said that ours were probably the only ones not whining and wanting money. :)

Yeah for us!!

view from the gardens
I love this one

The awesome roller slide

Hay stack, with tunnels

looking at flowers or a bug?



mickey, mesmerized by the steam engines

Say cheese

mickey roping the cattle!
sand box time
they made a tunnel

rubber ducky race



mickey holding pretty bird

sam in love with bird
time for the swing, the big hit with the kids

hmm i wonder if i could make one? its made out of one tire. Ill let you know what I find