Madeline Age 2
2013 — 39 posts
Maddie biking
Here is a video of Madeline biking at two. She loves watching the video of Ryan biking at two years old (especially where he says ‘hi’ at the end). After watching the video one day she wanted to go biking so I brought …
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Ryan’s last hockey game (year 1)
It was Ryan’s very last hockey game of the tournament and unfortunately Daddy was out of town and missed out on the game and the party. Mommy and daddy were extremely proud of Ryan for his amazing playing throughout the…
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Before and After Snowman
We had a second day of snow in Vancouver this year. We were able to build a great snowman which we namedOlaffrom the movie frozen! Check out the before and after!
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Fog in Vancouver
When we get fog in Vancouver it is pretty awesome. It doesn’t happen too often and pictures don’t really capture just how hard it is to see. It is quite spooky and scary but exciting at the same time.
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My Carrot #2
In order to understand why the kids like to say “MyCarrot” you need to see thisvideo. Anyway, the kids were at the Korean grocery store and saw some big carrots and thought back to the Parksville ‘My Carrot’ that Madeli…
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Mommy Daughter bond
What is one of the great things as a mother when having a daughter? Dressing up your kids! When Grace was in Hawaii she bought a matching dress with Madeline. Here they are posing in it!
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New Year’s Eve 2013
It has become a tradition to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Carpenter family. The kids look forward to drinks and music (juice and crazy kids songs). They also love the sparklers that we let them hold outside.
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Madeline’s first haircut
We finally decided to give Madeline her very first haircut. For whatever reason, this was a tough,long-dragged out decision for mommy. Mommy loves everything about Madeline’s hair and didn’t want to do anything to change…
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Christmas 2013!!
We had such an awesome Christmas this year. Santa gave some great gifts and the kids opened lots of present and had lots of treats. Here are the photos from the great day!
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Snow in Vancouver
It is so rare for us to get measurable snow in Vancouver. Everyone from the East Coast must think we’re weird treating snow as a special event but for our kids here in Vancouver, it really is special. I took the kids s…
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Mommy’s work Christmas party
Mommy was in charge of organizing a Children’s Christmas Party at her work this year, so Ryan and Madeline got to dress up to come to the party (Ryan even got to skip his hockey practice!) With mommy in charge, they knew…
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Santa on campus!
Here is a family photo of daddy and the kids on Santa’s lap. You may be wondering why Madeline is wearing pjs and why daddy is on Santa’s lap. Let’s just say that Madeline is the boss and tells daddy what to do, and he…
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Halmoni and Harabuji visit to Vancouver
Halmoni and Harbuji hardly ever come visit us in Vancouver but decided to make a very short, last minute trip. We were all very excited! We went to eat Halmoni’s favoirte noodle at Sha Lin, went to the Lego Store wher…
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Halloween 2013
One of our kids’ favourite day of the year is Halloween. What’s there not to like? They get to dress up and get treats! Madeline decided to dress up in Ryan’s old Fireman costume to daycare. It was a surprise to ever…
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Bliss!
Anyone who is a parent understands how crazy things can get. Add in a second kid (or more) and it gets even crazier, especially when the kids are very young. For us, there are few precious moments where both kids take …
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Teapot Song
Madeline loves her daycare. Once a week she has music class ‘Music withChris’and always comes home with a new song to sing for us. She wanted to share her song with everyone (or at least the videocamera).
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Thanksgiving
We’ve tried to make it a tradition to take a photo every fall of our family enjoying the leaves (it’s a tradition if you do it more than once, correct?). Anyway, it is tough with kids to get everyone looking pretty, to …
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Janey comes for a visit
My good friend Janey Choi from New York City who I haven’t seen in almost a decade came out to Vancouver for a visit. She brought her new baby and Madeline loved seeing her. Actually, at one point Janey’s baby found a …
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Madeline is a princess
Madeline is a typical girl – she wants to be a princess. One of Ryan’s best friends is Ella (our neighbour) and has become very good friends with Madeline. She is actually a great balance between Ryan and Madeline and …
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Madeline gets crazy with her hair
Both of our kids love baths – they don’t necessarily love bath time but once they are in, they are in to stay. One day as I was washing Madeline’s hair I realized that it could stand up straight. She loved it!! Here are …
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So you think you can dance
Mommy loves to watch a show called ‘So You Think You Can Dance’and of course Madeline gets to see it at the same time. Madeline being the princess girly girl that she is loves to try and copy the beautiful dancing. We …
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Madeline and her dollies
Madeline is a very typical girl – acts like a princess, loves dolls and everything girly! Her favorite colour is purple (probably because of Sofia the First). She loves playing with her dollies, dressing them and getti…
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Bleuberries!
We love our little farm to pick blueberries every year in Richmond (G&J farms). This year we set a record that we will never beat – 70 pounds of blueberries in 90 minutes. Ryan was a picking machine and Madeline was ve…
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Madeline loves shopping!
Mommy and Madeline share a love of shopping malls. They don’t necessarily need to buy anything and actually they usually come home with nothing. But, that doesn’t stop them from loving their shopping. The other day mo…
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Copying the acrobats at the beach
The other day Grace, Madeline, Daddy and Ryan were all at the beach with our friend Maddie. While sitting at this ‘hip’ beach we noticed some people doing acrobatics. You can see from this photo what they were doing.
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Daddy and Madeline go to the aquarium
When we were in LA mommy and Ryan had a special day planned at Knottsberry Farm (amusement park) with his cousin Tyler and Esther. Not to be outdone daddy and Madeline wanted to go to the aquarium to check out the fish,…
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Our summer trip to LA (2013)
We took a nice trip to LA to visit all of Grace’s family and to celebrate Tyler’s birthday party. It was great for everyone to get together and for all of the family to hear Madeline talk. We took lots of photos.
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Daddy and Maddie at the beach
One of the things we have started to figure out with having two kids is that they are much better behaved when not together. One nice evening Mommy and Ryan went out to be together while daddy and Madeline spent it at t…
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Library trip
Ryan and Madeline both love the library. The only difference between the two kids is Ryan can read and Madeline can’t (she’s only two…give her a break!). But, Madeline loves trying to be like her big brother Ryan. Whe…
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Mommy Birthday
To be honest, at this point, Grace and I are pretty tired of birthdays. By the time Ryan celebrates his birthday with his daycare friends, his official party and his real day party we are a little tired of cake. Grace …
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Mother’s Day
This time of year is always crazy for us – Madeline’s Birthday, Jasper’s Birthday, Ryan’s Birthday, Mommy’s birthday and Mother’s Day all within a month. This all coincides with the end of the school year at UBC so thin…
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Brotherly/Sisterly Love!
I am posting these pictures because this is what we never get to see. Both Madeline and Ryan love to argue and fight about everything. On the slight chance that they happen to be getting along we grab our cameras and c…
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Brews Brothers
Daddy’s hockey team (Brews Brothers) had a really long playoff run this year. Actually, we won the championship!
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Madeline’s Real Birthday
At this point Madeline had had enough cake, partying and feeling special with all of her parties (actually, that’s not true at all). It was time to tone down the whole birthday theme. But….you can’t not celebrate a b…
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Madeline’s 2nd birthday party!
Madeline has a lot of special friends at her daycare Chuva. We wanted to invite them all to our place to celebrate Madeline’s birthday but many of her friends have older siblings so we had to keep the number within reas…
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Easter!
As always the holidays are crazy at our house. This past Easter was a lot of fun and there were treats everywhere. We decided to have an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Ryan figured everything out really quickly and Mad…
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Madeline’s birthday party for Ryan’s friends
The title of this post might seem a little confusing but you need to understand that all of Ryan’s friends are Madeline’s friends. She really truly believes that they come over to play with her and Ryan. There is no su…
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Mommy’s Day Trip away
Sometimes even mother’s need a break. Grace took a weekend trip away to head down to Seattle for some shopping. This meant, of course, that the kids were going to have a very exciting time with daddy. There were gran…
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