Lolo and Lola came to town for Bea's performances in her school talent show Friday night, and they're staying for a bit so we're cramming in as much fun and celebration as possible! We had a family birthday party a couple weeks early for the nearly-7 year old, and it was capped off by a surprise visit from Rabu and family. We had 22 people in the living room to sing "Happy Birthday" and share cake! On Sunday we celebrated early Mother's Day with Lola, heading to Uncasville for dim sum and spending a couple hours at the casino. We came home and watched the first Star Wars movie altogether. Bea got two light "savers" for her birthday and boy is she putting them to good use around the house. (Nothing broken yet!) We sure were wiped out on Monday, but in a great way. This weekend Bea has her first aikido belt test, we celebrate Hank's first communion, and we hope to go to a Manny Pacquiao party with the local Filipino community. April is ending and May is starting with enormous bangs!
We were grateful to have her piano teacher/our friend Nicole, Hera, Louise, and the Fulcos all join us. She was the second performer and played "Morning Has Broken." She did a great job and I think she enjoyed the big applause more than she'll admit.
We had a collection of cakettes made to celebrate the combination of talent show/birthday:
And here's the littlest performer:
The second act started off with her class play "The Mice, The King, and The Cheese," which was adorable and she had no problem acting like a series of real animals on stage:
Luckily, Mary Jane snapped this one critical photo from Saturday evening:
She played a piece (in her new hat from Weezy) for those who couldn't attend the show:
Happy, happy girl!
Here we are Sunday at Mohegan Sun:
Star Wars was playing on a TV in one of the shop windows and Bea was entranced. We came home and watched the first movie later and she loved it. Another new phase begins....
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