Sometimes ulterior motives actually become less important than you originally thought.
When Muse announced they were coming to Montreal during March Break Vero and I hatched a plan which involved inviting my parents to babysit the kids while we took off for the evening.
Then as time went on I realized that it would be fun to have my sister and her family up for March Break at the same time. It’s not often we all get together.
The Muse concert was a blip on the grand scale of fun we had during the entire week together. I think we all thoroughly enjoyed it and I’m pretty sure I’m still hearing Mom’s laughs sliding down a hill on a tube!
An hour into everyone showing up for March Break, Abbey hit Sierra and her tooth fell out! At least we were expecting that tooth to fall out!
I don’t know who started the ‘pile everything possible on top of Uncle John’ game but it was a daily occurence. I always laughed when the girls would say “Please come downstairs Uncle John, there is no trap.” and Erra not understanding the subtle art of lying would say something like “We have a trap set up for you Uncle John, please come down!”
Ezra told Aunt Maureen that only kids could fit in his bed. He thought it was hilarious when she tried out his theory.
Day 2 – a big surprise was in store for the kids. We went to see Disney on Ice!
We didn’t know how Ezra would enjoy a show for more than an hour but he was surprisingly ok with it! I think the popcorn and cotton candy from Poppa helped! I managed to sit with everyone in the same row as Ezra sat on Mom for the entire show (I had managed to get a ticket right behind everyone at the last minute).
Treats! I joked to some folks at work that Poppa is like a dog off a leash whenever he sees popcorn or french fries available.
The show was great and I was excited to see how excited Sierra was. She clapped and sang along the entire show.
Day 3 – Heading to the park
Looks like someone is stuck!
We had a Don’t Fret session lined up for Friday so we started to practice out a few tunes. Here we were practicing the Unicorn song.
Aunt Maureen picked up barrel of monkeys for Ezra. Poppa was showing him how to play it.
Poppa and the girls having a movie night with some snacks.
Day 4 – Vero brought out some balloons to show everyone how to make animals with them.
We went to Montreal to check out ONE OK ROCK, Evanescence and Muse. It was a great triple bill of bands. Muse had a great show with less production elements than previous tours but that didn’t take away from the great show.
I usually complain about the photos Vero’s iphone 8 takes but this was was a winner!
(not our photo) A cool shot of when the streamers shot out.
Day 5 – It’s rare that the Ottawa area gives us some sun but it sure did the morning we went tubing! It was a great spot that Vero had been to a few weeks back with the kids while I was out of town.
Dogpile!
There weren’t many people out that day so it was great to walk up the hill and not wait long to go back down.
Poppa spied a chipstand and picked up some fries for us.
Before our attempt to all go down at the same time. Hilariously we were all six feet from the hill so it took a lot of pushing to get us down from where we were!
I messed up and went ahead of everyone else!
I always laugh when I see Poppa and Ezra go without us.
A rare photo of the girls on top of Uncle John WITHOUT a pile of blankets and pillows!
Day 6 – Just hanging out
1 Abbey = 1 Sierra + 1 Ezra
Only took us 75 takes but we got a decent photo of all of us before Grandma and Poppa left.
Photo with the grandkids
Grandma made us a few loaves of bread before leaving. Thank you! The kids still ask for grandma’s bread and jelly each morning.
Day 7 – Ezra’s first time on skates! We had been waiting all winter to go skating on the Vars rink but I think it opened for two days during the week. We did find some skate time in Embrun during March Break so we took the kids out. Ezra did pretty good for his first time! He got about 50 feet ahead of where he started and then was done for the day.
The kids showing Vero how to skate.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
A treat after supper. I thought we had some photos from our Don’t Fret session that evening but I guess not! The entire family got to participate and it was great to sing and play with John and Maureen for the evening rather than playing solo. The highlight of the week!
Day 8 – Abbey almost couldn’t leave!
Day 9 – The end of March Break and what a great day it was! It was so windy that we brought the kite out. It was Ezra’s first time flying a kite by himself.
It was a great March Break spent with family. Tons of laughs and the kids and parents were entertained and that’s what counts! Thanks for everyone coming for the visit.