Lion King

What a weekend!  We really packed it in.  Bumpa and Grandpa wanted to catch Cal in one of her plays, so month ago they decided to see her in the Lion King.  It just happened to be the weekend before the kids and John took off for Hawaii, the first day of ski club for Cal, and her birthday celebration at school.  But we made it happen and it was so great to have Bumpa and Grandma here to help us get it all done.

Cal requested an early birthday celebration dinner at Fuji-- Hibachi style:

On Saturday, the grandparents visited the kids for lunch at the ski club.  It was really fun to have them there.

Cal's first performance was on Saturday.  She was very excited about the costumes:

Tommy congratulating the thespian

Hazey and Bumpa got to spend some quality time playing Battleship while Grandma and I shuttled Cally to practice early. 

On Sunday, we had a beautiful day for a walk and sledding at Mills River Park:

Bumpa in his knicker outfit

hugs from Grandma

 

John and I had to pick up a rental car on Sunday afternoon and then Cal was ready for her final performance:

It was so great to see Cal in her final performance.  She loved having her grandparents and godparents there to see her.  

And then the kids went to bed only to be woken up at 2am to drive to Montreal for their 6am flight to Hawaii.

There were only a few stressful moments over the weekend.  Like when John informed me that he didn't know where his passport was at 8:30am on Sunday (they were flying out of Canada and his enhanced license doesn't work by plane!).  We drove to Burlington way too many times to count in that weekend and we were horrible hosts in terms of cooking and preparing meals.  We basically went out to dinner three nights in a row.  That isn't our style, but sometimes style goes out the door when you are juggling too many things.  

But we did it, thanks in part to my parents being around to help out.  Kuddos to their patience and generosity!