Spring Portrait

Happy Easter!

March Madness

The month has flown by.  We were given the gift of an unnecessary snow day, so I have some extra time to catch the blog up! 

First up was Daddy's birthday and he started the day off with this special sentiment from his daughter.  She knows his dream is always to go dancing with me!

 A couple days later, Bea made her First Penance.  It was actually a very nice ceremony and though she was filled with angst for weeks about "what to say," she achieved clarity a couple of days before and was confident and prepared.  Embarrassingly I'll admit I'd have loved to have heard her confession!

She and Samm went to the New England Aquarium last Monday and had a great time visiting Boston's sea creatures!

The YMCA opened here in town last month and we've had a blast swimming often and I've found some long-buried willpower and have been getting up at 5 a.m. to get on the treadmill.  It's  a beautiful facility and we are so lucky to have it just a 4-minute drive  away!

John and JJ came over for a corned beef & cabbage St. Paddy's dinner (and, on an unrelated note, Bea was home with a fever the next day):

Our orchids have finally started to bloom.  A sure sign that winter's near its end!

and yesterday was the SJS Easter Bunny Breakfast.  Bea was less shy this year because somehow the bunny seemed....somehow..... familiar to her.....

(one thing crossed off my bucket list I guess.....)