Madeline Age 3
2014 — 24 posts
Madeline’s first birthday party!
This was Madeline’s first real birthday party we’ve thrown for her and her friends. She was so excited! She wanted an Ariel cake and for everyone to dress up as princesses. Madeline wanted to wear Rapunzel’s wedding d…
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Springtime is in the air
Vancouver rocks in the spring! We get the most amazing pink blooms all over the city! The kids love it (so do we!)
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Ryan is fully addicted to Pokemon
Someone please help us! Ryan is addicted to Pokemon – that’s all he talks about. We don’t understand the Pokemon language or fascination. Anyway, he’s even recruited Madeline to the dark side!
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Madeline’s ballet class
Madeline loves to sing and dance. We decided to sign her up for a ballet class at Kitsilano community center. She really loves it and always tries her best.
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Star wars meets Merida!
Madeline and Ryan have started playing together more. They needed to find a balance and here is a perfect example. Madeline is riding her horse as Merida from the movie Brave. Ryan is a jedi master!
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Madeline loves puzzles
Madeline is going through a huge phase of loving puzzles – she keeps asking for puzzles when I drop her off at school, when I pick her up or when we are at home together. She’s pretty good at doing them too!
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Going to Ryan’s hockey games!
What’s a little girl to do when her brother has so many hockey games? She tries to look adorably cute, tries tostay warm and tries to enjoy watching her big brother play hockey!!
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Our kids love Dance Dance Revolution
At Christmas one of the games daddy got from the kids for his xbox was Dance Dance revolution. We had no idea at the time that everyone would love this game. The kids beg to play it, even mommy gets in on the action!!
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Ryan’s Graduation from kindergarten
Ryan has grown up so fast I can’t believe it. It seems like just the other day he was crawling (actually, that’s probably not an understatement). But our little boy is no longer little – he is officially a grade 1 boy …
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Happy Father’s Day
Being a dad rocks! It is so awesome to have a day dedicated to you being awesome. Here are the photos of us on that day!
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Madeline sings for you!
Madeline wanted to sing a book to me at night. She really enjoys it as you can tell from the video. At the end of the video she tells me to re-enact something from the TV show ‘Sofia the First’which is pretty cute/
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Mommy’s Birthday (2014)
We won’t say how old she is but it doesn’t matter because my wife is like a good cheese – gets better with age. (and grows mold?? – nope, that will never work!)
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Happy Mother’s Day 2014
The kids are so excited to celebrate Mommy and Daddy day. They did ask when they get their own celebration day for which I didn’t have a good answer. Madeline made a special gift for mommy and Ryan made a birdhouse him…
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Jennifer’s wedding
One of Madeline’s daycare teachers at Chuva, Jennifer got married and asked Madeline to be her flower girl. When she asked back in November 2013, we didn’t even hesitate to say yes. Jennifer has always adored Madeline …
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Daddy’s real birthday
It’s so awesome having kids – they certainly know how to make you feel great! Here I am celebrating #40 with my awesome family!
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Jasper turns 40!
It is hard to believe that 40 came so quickly but whatever –it is here! Grace threw an incredible party that was hosted at our friend Peter’s barDisplace. A lot of close friends came together for food and drinks and th…
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Madeline and Ryan playing the violin together
Madeline loves watching Ryan practice the violin. Actually, she doesn’t really just want to watch, she wants to join in and practice herself. The sound of both of them playing together is truly magnificent and really c…
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Our trip to Seattle (and to see Lilo)
We have been going down to take a quick vacation in Seattle or Washington for many years now. We usually visit Mi Jung and Yong Chae and their kids. Ryan really likes their dog Lilo. Madeline is no longer terrified of…
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Ryan and Madeline fly a kite together
This is a pretty cute video of Ryan and Madeline playing together. They both really wanted to go fly a kite together on a day with no wind. I had to explain to them that in order to get wind they would need to run with…
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Happy #70 Baba!
We really wanted to be in Moncton to celebrate Baba’s 70th birthday but couldn’t make it. It really is the busiest time of year for Grace and I and there is no chance we can get away. We decided to sing her happy birth…
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Maddie’s Birthday Party at Acadia
Madeline just started attending her new ‘big girl’ daycare centerAcadiaon April 1st. This daycare center is for kids ages 3-5. The children here are so sweet and immediately took Madeline under their wings and welcomed…
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Maddie’s birthday party
We decided to throw Madeline a big birthday party at a gym for her 3rdbirthday. One of her best buddies, Roman was moving to Toronto at the March, so we decided to have the party 3 weeks before her actual birthday. Mad…
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