The Ritcheys at a Glance: March in Summary...

So, I can't tell you how many times I reminded myself that I needed to update the blog with our St. Paddy's Day pics BEFORE the end of March, and here we are on April 3rd... It was just one of those kind of months! St. Paddy's Day weekend was fun filled from start to finish! Saturday morning we were up BRIGHT and EARLY for a photo shoot with Rochelle!

Loving the pictures you captured Rochelle... thank you SO much.

We love you!

Right after the photo shoot we were off to the St. Paddy's Day Parade. The boys loved it! I can't get enough of parades. They make my heart happy.

Charlie was so chill the whole time. While Adrey was right up front and center collecting candy and participating, Charlie was just as happy sitting on the ground contently observing while snacking on Cheez-Its!!

After the parade it was home for naps and then off to Tommy Bahamas for dinner! After dinner we went to the fountain and threw coins and and ran around the courtyard!

See my wallet in the background of the picture below? Yes, that, too, ended up in the fountain thanks to our littlest bear cub.

There was a 1957 Chevy Bel Air parked in the street next to where we were hanging out. I told Adrey to stand in front of it so I could take a picture of him with it. I told him NOT to touch it. What does he do, but promptly back up to it and put BOTH hands on it.

The owner was there in a matter of 3 seconds and he couldn't have been a nicer guy. He asked if the kids wanted to get IN the car! So they all hopped in! So nice!!

SUCH A COOL CAR!!!

Um, who are these amazing kids sitting still long enough for me to get a picture of them?!?!

Say what?

This next series of pictures cracks me up!! I told all the kids to get on the bench so I could get a picture. This series of pictures literally was a matter of about 10 seconds... I kid you not. They are children on the move. At. All. Times.

This next picture is of John assisting Adrey getting off the ledge as Adrey was talking to a passer-byer. You can see the guy's hand on the right of the picture. The passer-byer was wearing an eye patch and Adrey said, "Why are you a pirate?" LOL! The guy was so nice and just said it was "pirate day" or something like that. No filter on kids. I love that:-)

Sunday after nap time we headed to my Aunt Sue's condo where my cousin Ana was visiting from Massachusetts. The kids swam their little hearts out and we ate pizza. This picture is great!

Poor Charlie wasn't feeling well. He had the stomach bug and ended up throwing up all over the pool deck. Poor bear. He was so not himself.

But Aunt Sarah makes everything better:-)

March 24th was a Gala for Billy's school. Mom and Dad came over to watch the boys. As soon as they got there the boys put their shoes on and they were off to the playground!

And the rest of us set out for a night of fun in a school cafeteria! LOL!

Alcohol was served. All was good:-)

And in the midst of all the outings, family gatherings, birthday parties and agendas we still had time to hit the playground. To watch Charlie cracking up while spinning furiously, click HERE. And there were the quiet moments too where we read to each other. And sometimes reading in the nude is just better. To watch a couple videos click HERE and HERE.

This past Wednesday, March 28th, on my way home from work I decided we needed to go to the beach to watch the sunset. We quickly packed our beach bag and a picnic dinner and we were out the door! The sky didn't look 100% promising but it ended up being one gorgeous sunset.