Scott ran. They played. Mason watched. I took pictures for my blog.
Jennifer
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
School's Out, School's Out, Teacher Let the Fools Adorable Children Out
Is it bad when I have to go back and look at the downloaded pictures to see what we have been up to? Things are slowly calming down. The kids finished school on Friday, Mason got his last set of casts on Tuesday and Sam started swim team practice every morning rain or shine.
Alice graduated from Kindergarten. Her teacher had a really sweet ceremony with hats and diplomas. She is definitely ready for 1st grade. Sam had an ice cream party to celebrate the last day of school and he is now officially a 2nd grader. We are very proud of both of them, they worked very hard this year.
Scott and I both got a chance to be at school for the kids parties. As we passed each other in the hall of the school, going between classrooms, we nervously commented about the day when we will have 4 kids at one school. Wow, that will be crazy!
Here are some cute pics that I snapped of the kids in the past week.
Mason giving Jesse kisses. He LOVES her. She is not quite sure what to think of him yet.
Sam finally got a haircut. He wanted to keep it long in the back but we are pretty sure that hairstyle went out in the late 80's. Really sure that it never should have been in. He looks very handsome and will be much cooler in the hot sun. Big bonus to shorter hair~less pulling when the swim cap comes on and off.
Sam swimming laps during swim practice. He is doing awesome and is a trooper in the cold water early in the morning.
Yesterday we went to the Denver Zoo with our friends. The weather could not have been nicer and the animals were out and about. We always appreciate that! Today we spent most of the day at the pool. Alice and Paige were in the small pool for pretty much the entire time, only coming out to eat or potty. Sam spent much of his time in the big pool playing with friends or in the grass playing with water guns. Mason and I hung out under the umbrella and strolling around the pool attempting to avoid the splash from said pools and guns. He did pretty good considering he is stuck on deck with hot heavy casts. Luckily the end of casting is in sight and he will be able to play in the small pool with the girls very soon. June 10th cannot come quick enough!
Pictures from the zoo. What with 4 kids, a stroller, diaper bag, lunch sack, hats, sunscreen, etc. I didn't get a ton of pictures.
Alice graduated from Kindergarten. Her teacher had a really sweet ceremony with hats and diplomas. She is definitely ready for 1st grade. Sam had an ice cream party to celebrate the last day of school and he is now officially a 2nd grader. We are very proud of both of them, they worked very hard this year.
Scott and I both got a chance to be at school for the kids parties. As we passed each other in the hall of the school, going between classrooms, we nervously commented about the day when we will have 4 kids at one school. Wow, that will be crazy!
Here are some cute pics that I snapped of the kids in the past week.
Mason giving Jesse kisses. He LOVES her. She is not quite sure what to think of him yet. Sam finally got a haircut. He wanted to keep it long in the back but we are pretty sure that hairstyle went out in the late 80's. Really sure that it never should have been in. He looks very handsome and will be much cooler in the hot sun. Big bonus to shorter hair~less pulling when the swim cap comes on and off. Sam swimming laps during swim practice. He is doing awesome and is a trooper in the cold water early in the morning.Yesterday we went to the Denver Zoo with our friends. The weather could not have been nicer and the animals were out and about. We always appreciate that! Today we spent most of the day at the pool. Alice and Paige were in the small pool for pretty much the entire time, only coming out to eat or potty. Sam spent much of his time in the big pool playing with friends or in the grass playing with water guns. Mason and I hung out under the umbrella and strolling around the pool attempting to avoid the splash from said pools and guns. He did pretty good considering he is stuck on deck with hot heavy casts. Luckily the end of casting is in sight and he will be able to play in the small pool with the girls very soon. June 10th cannot come quick enough!
Pictures from the zoo. What with 4 kids, a stroller, diaper bag, lunch sack, hats, sunscreen, etc. I didn't get a ton of pictures.
Hopefully I will get back here soon. Blogging would be so much quicker if I just sat down every night and gave a short update. The truth is most nights I want to sit on the couch and watch the back of my eyelids. That happens more often than sitting on the couch blogging.
Have an awesome weekend. We hope to make it back to the pool at some point and get in good runs.
Love to all,
Jennifer
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Happy Birthday Scott!
From all of us :) We hope that you have a spectacular day! We love you! Thanks for being a great dad and husband!
I couldn't help but post some fun pictures from years past......way past. I also posted some favorites of Scott with the kids.
High school graduation! You had just turned 18!!! Wow, we look young....
10 years ago. You had no idea what what in store for us?
Love,
Jennifer, Samuel, Alice, Paige and Mason
I couldn't help but post some fun pictures from years past......way past. I also posted some favorites of Scott with the kids.
High school graduation! You had just turned 18!!! Wow, we look young....10 years ago. You had no idea what what in store for us? Have a great day!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Red Rocks
Today we went on a hike through one of our favorite places in Colorado Springs, Red Rocks Open Space. Much of the park used to be a granite quarry and there are tons of spots for climbing and exploring.
We have to jump how far down?!?!!?! Just kidding, they were really just mapping out their exit strategy.
Yes! Snack time!
--------------------------------------------------Alice and Paige did great at the ballet recital. Believe it or not, I did find some pink glittery stuff (from our wedding) that worked as eye shadow and it went really well with blush and lip gloss. Don't they look adorable?
Love to all,
Jennifer
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Life at the Wescott Home
Maybe I should make this a weekly blog...
What? What did you say? It is a weekly blog? Sorry grandparents in MI. I know you like your CO grandkid fix more than once a week. I will work on doing better!
Mother's Day...
Hiking at Helen Hunt Falls
I had a fabulous Mother's Day. We went to church, for a hike, out to dinner at Il Vicino. The kids were on their best behavior. I could not have asked for a nicer day. I can't imagine my life any differently. These kids make me a mother.
*****I snapped these pictures of the kids while they were hanging out in my tub. They wanted to try out their swim suits and it was WAY to cold to go outside in the kiddie pool. Of course, Mason only gets submerged in the bath when his casts have to be soaked off so he didn't get to play in the bath this time. He sat near the edge and still got mightly wet.
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The Monday after Mother's Day, Samuel's class held a Mother's Celebration. Each of the children stood up and recited a poem. The had fruit and cookies to eat. Very special. At the end, Sam's teacher read off some cute things each of the children had said about their mom.
I love my mom because she is so sweet.
I think my mom makes special dinners.
I love my mom because she reads books to me.
Listen to this one. It is so sweet.
My mom is nocturnal. She stays up all night and is sleepy all day.
Hmm, I wonder who wrote that one?
At least he didn't come up with this sweet message.
I love my mom because she yells at my dad and he obeys her.
Oh, kids say the cutest things.
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Alice and Paige have their ballet recital tonight. Their dress rehearsal was last night. I took some video of Alice but the battery ran out and so I only got stills of Paige. She had the audience cracking up. She chose not to dance but to sit on the floor with her head on her hand while the other girls sort of danced around her. It was totally adorable. Little daisies running on and off the stage, waving to their mommies and daddies, playing with their tutus....and right in the middle of all that cuteness sat Paige. It will be interesting to see how she "performs" tonight.
Alice did a great job and I know she will tonight as well. She is definitely our steady child. Bless her heart, she is usually calm in the storm (except when she is the storm). I think that she is especially excited about the stage makeup! She was hoping for eye shadow but unfortunately her mom doesn't own any. Oh well, she will have to be happy with blush and some lipstick. I think I have some around here somewhere?!??!?
Here are some pics of Paige. I am hoping to post some video of Alice tomorrow, gotta figure out how to do that first :)
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One of Mason's favorite spots spots in the house is right next to Sam. Can you guess where?
Yep, playing on the computer. This is the one place where Mason will sit still for more than a nano second. He loves watching Sam play his games.
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A very big thank you to Scott's coworkers. They threw us a lunch party in honor of Mason. It was really kind of them. We are so blessed that Scott can go to work with such awesome people.
Have a great week. This is the last week of school and we are running around like crazy! I am definitely looking forward to life calming down a bit and having the kids home more.
Sam will soon start swim practices and meets every morning all summer long, so we won't be sitting around for too long :)
Jennifer
What? What did you say? It is a weekly blog? Sorry grandparents in MI. I know you like your CO grandkid fix more than once a week. I will work on doing better!
Mother's Day...
Hiking at Helen Hunt FallsI had a fabulous Mother's Day. We went to church, for a hike, out to dinner at Il Vicino. The kids were on their best behavior. I could not have asked for a nicer day. I can't imagine my life any differently. These kids make me a mother.
*****I snapped these pictures of the kids while they were hanging out in my tub. They wanted to try out their swim suits and it was WAY to cold to go outside in the kiddie pool. Of course, Mason only gets submerged in the bath when his casts have to be soaked off so he didn't get to play in the bath this time. He sat near the edge and still got mightly wet.
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The Monday after Mother's Day, Samuel's class held a Mother's Celebration. Each of the children stood up and recited a poem. The had fruit and cookies to eat. Very special. At the end, Sam's teacher read off some cute things each of the children had said about their mom.
I love my mom because she is so sweet.
I think my mom makes special dinners.
I love my mom because she reads books to me.
Listen to this one. It is so sweet.
My mom is nocturnal. She stays up all night and is sleepy all day.
Hmm, I wonder who wrote that one?
At least he didn't come up with this sweet message.
I love my mom because she yells at my dad and he obeys her.
Oh, kids say the cutest things.
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Alice and Paige have their ballet recital tonight. Their dress rehearsal was last night. I took some video of Alice but the battery ran out and so I only got stills of Paige. She had the audience cracking up. She chose not to dance but to sit on the floor with her head on her hand while the other girls sort of danced around her. It was totally adorable. Little daisies running on and off the stage, waving to their mommies and daddies, playing with their tutus....and right in the middle of all that cuteness sat Paige. It will be interesting to see how she "performs" tonight.
Alice did a great job and I know she will tonight as well. She is definitely our steady child. Bless her heart, she is usually calm in the storm (except when she is the storm). I think that she is especially excited about the stage makeup! She was hoping for eye shadow but unfortunately her mom doesn't own any. Oh well, she will have to be happy with blush and some lipstick. I think I have some around here somewhere?!??!?
Here are some pics of Paige. I am hoping to post some video of Alice tomorrow, gotta figure out how to do that first :)
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One of Mason's favorite spots spots in the house is right next to Sam. Can you guess where?
Yep, playing on the computer. This is the one place where Mason will sit still for more than a nano second. He loves watching Sam play his games.
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A very big thank you to Scott's coworkers. They threw us a lunch party in honor of Mason. It was really kind of them. We are so blessed that Scott can go to work with such awesome people.
Have a great week. This is the last week of school and we are running around like crazy! I am definitely looking forward to life calming down a bit and having the kids home more.
Sam will soon start swim practices and meets every morning all summer long, so we won't be sitting around for too long :)
Jennifer
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