GG and Grandpa Visit

On Friday, GG and Grandpa drove up from NY (despite the snowy forecast for the weekend) and met Finley, Dagny, and me at the Discovery Museum in town.  It was a Free(zing) Friday Night and so all five of us got into the museum in exchange for a bag of groceries for the local food pantry!  We had fun exploring the museum and the kids loved showing their grandparents all their favorite spots, especially the diner and the ship on the third floor.

Then, we headed back home so GG could warm up the Shabbat dinner she brought up from NY and when Dan got home, we all sat down at the dining room table.  Why the fancy dining? Well, two reasons: our kitchen table only seats four at the moment and that same table was home to several bowls and towels to catch drips from our ice dam :(

Dinner was delicious and the kids did a great job singing all the prayers.  Finley inhaled more than his fair share of challah and soon enough, it was time for bed.  GG kindly agreed to put Finley to bed and they had a great time reading lots of books, looking at his glow in the dark stars on the ceiling, and just chatting before saying goodnight.

Saturday morning, Dan took the kids and his parents to the gym for gymnastics.  Finley rocked his "gym stars" class and Dagny and Dan had fun in the parent/tot class.  I got some precious alone time and then we all met up for lunch in Concord center.  The Market Cafe was as yummy as usual and the kids managed sitting at a bar height table better than expected!  Afterwards, we went to the bookstore across the street and both kids picked a couple of new books to take home.  Grandparents and kids took naps when we got home and then Dan, GG, and Finley headed off to the winter carnival in town.  All donning their snow gear, packing sleds, and ready for the cold - they were quite a sight!

Dan reported that they had a great time: sledding, watching the snowman building contest, meeting a penguin and watching him ice skate. Last year, this event was canceled due to lack of snow -- what a difference a year makes (we were already at 50" this weekend and more snow is falling as I type)!

Sunday morning we awoke to three more inches of snow so GG entertained Dagny while Dan, Finley, and I shoveled our driveway (did I mention our snowblower died??) and since Finley nicely dug out his grandparents' car, they were able to head back to NY nice and early to beat the storm.

It was sweet of them to come all the way up here for such short, snowy day and since we are home again today for another snow day - we really appreciate them coming to play with us!