Woody...or Jesse?

Jack had to dress up as his favorite character for school on today so he wanted to dress up as Jesse from Toy Story 3. I tried to convince him maybe he should be Woody since he was a boy (am I wrong for suggesting this?), but at any rate, the costume we came up with was the same either way so I let him decided which character he was. He should have been a cowboy--what a cutie ;)

Like Father, Like Daughter(s)...and Son?

Elizabeth's shirt is actually a hand-me-down from cousin Amy, but I had to take a picture of John holding her in her pink Harvard t-shirt. Maybe someday she (or one of our kids) will go to Harvard like their daddy. I like that his diploma is centered behind them :)

Easter Sunday: Dinner at Chiazza's House

Sunday afternoon we went over for an Easter egg hunt and also for dinner at Aunt Mary's and Uncle John's house. The kids did quite well considering the busy weekend we had. Makes us think as they get older, things start to get somewhat easier.

Scudder family~Easter 2011

Mimi and the Scudder and Frazier girls

Do twins run in the family? John and Tim showed up with the same outfit. We had to laugh :)

My girls and me

Sarah and Anna

Jack and Mimi

Aunt Susie, Mimi, Aunt Cindy and I pose with Anna, Elizabeth and Kate.

Add in the Frazier girls to that last picture!

Sarah and Anna

I love this picture of Kate

Aunt Cindy helps Elizabeth find her eggs

"Think there is candy in here?"

"YES!"

Elizabeth

Easter Sunday: All Dressed Up!

Dressing up the kids and getting a picture, seems like this is my dream. It never ends up quite like I imagine, but at least I have fun trying to conquer this ambition.

Scudder family~Easter 2011

Scudder kids~ Easter 2011

Scudder triplets~Easter 2011

Big boy Jack~ Easter 2011

Anna Victoria~Easter 2011

Anna and Elizabeth

Elizabeth Kristine~Easter 2011

Katherine Maxine~Easter 2011

Anna

Elizabeth

Kate

Helping put Easter eggs in the girls' purses before Mass

Jack in his new ND jersey after Mass.

Easter: Sunday Morning

Easter Sunday started with Jack coming into our bedroom around 5:30 asking if the Easter bunny came. Around 6:30, while laying in bed with us, he told us he heard the Easter bunny! We made him wait until the girls got up around 8am before we allowed him to go downstairs. He saw eggs right away downstairs but it was a few seconds before he spotted his Easter basket. He shouted, "Daddy, he brought us lots of candy!"

The girls learned quickly there were jelly beans and skittles in the plastic eggs and experienced these for the first time. Needless-to-say, they were a big hit!

Elizabeth, Anna & Kate

Jelly beans~ yum!

Daddy gives them jelly beans

Jack looking through his basket

Playing the Toy Story 3 games with Daddy

Anna figured out how to open the eggs :)

Elizabeth loved the skittles

Kate knew there were good things to eat inside these eggs :)

Anna with her new purse

Anna put some eggs in the purse

Elizabeth carrying her purse

Kate LOVED her purse

In fact, she found one of her sister's purses and carried two around!

My little purse girl