More October Happenings

recently, I just remembered I had a hoolahoop at Dad's so here's Maddie Hoolahooping

Also today we went to the pumpkin patch with Maddie's school. Thank goodness it didn't rain or else it would've been muddy. Maddie got a small pumpkin that she could carry on her own.

Enjoy

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

More pictures next week since halloween is around the corner.

Stay tuned..

A very busy October

October has been a very busy month for us. We had a field trip at the cranberry farm, lantern festival at school, Thanksgiving in Victoria, and Lucas starting his solids (yahoo!).

Here are a few pictures...

Ready, set, BOWL!

We were invited to Elijah's 5th Birthday party. Maddie had a blast (thanks again "Pees"). She was so excited she did not eat any healthy food at all. All she had was just juice and ice cream!! WOOHOOO can you say sugar HIGH? Anyway, after she went through her loot bag she eventually fell asleep. She finally got tired halfway home. Here are some pics.






Maddie's ready to bowl..


Cassiel's happy to see Maddie


Maddie, Cassiel, Micah & Meghan


Ready position...


Maddie must be wondering who's head Ninong is holding up..she does not know Darth Vader.. btw, this was the pinata. Just in case anyone was wondering.


final group picture with the birthday boy and his personalized bowling pin

Am one proud Mama..

Recently, We have been wanting to "training" Maddie to go to summer programs on her own. But yesterday she did! Yahooo!! With little tears of course, but this time she actually had a good time. I am gearing her up for preschool in the fall. Where it's not parent participation. I know we will have another adjustment period, but at least I know that she CAN do it. This picture shows how much fun she had.

Maddie's golf video..

I took this video while waiting for Cox at a golf store in Las Vegas...




Maddie's golf swing..




enjoy!

Maddie's Karaoke Debut

Maddie rang in the new year singing all her favorite songs with a mic. Here's a little clip. Hope you all have a great 2008!

Halloween part 2 & 3

Part 2 is at school...

Maddie's pre-school was resumed this week after a week of hiatus last week. If you could believe it, a small plane hit her school (imagine 9/11 but on a smaller scale) the pilot died and only 2 people are injured. So the teacher called on Monday to make sure that everyone wore their costumes to class on Tuesday. They made pumpkins out of paper, and the teacher had them decorate their own treat bags and they had a few trick or treating stations in the classroom. Here are the pics



Part 3 is a the mall...

This is our first time to go to Richmond Center to trick or treat and I think this will be our last time. There was a lot of shoving and it was just TOO busy for us. Since the mall was only handing out candies between 6 & 7, when we got there at 530pm the whole food court was PACKED with people sitting, eating dinner and just waiting for the candies to start coming. And as soon as 6pm hit, the older kids started running towards whatever store they saw that was handing out candy. Maddie and I didn't make it to too many stores I just wanted her to experience what trick or treating was all about. I think next year we will go and join Monique at her place for trick or treating. I would've taken a picture at the mall but i was too worried about losing Maddie. Here are our pictures at home.

Trick or Treat Part 1

We (Erin and I) took Maddie to Steveston Village for some trick or treating, since it was a nice day we took advantage of the little sunshine that we had. Sophia (the Zebra) and Uncle B came along for the walk about... we had a great time. I think I walked Maddie a little too long cause my little girl has a little blister on her pinky toe :o(

Van's Surprise Baby Shower

We (Dionne, Adele & I) managed to plan a surprise baby shower for Van & Andrew yesterday. We could not have done it without everyone else involved. Edwin, The Lee's, Ninang BB, Emily, Mimi and Dina & Ali. Oh yes, how can i forget the ever so early Rita & Rollie. Thank you to everyone and hope you had lots to eat. I'm still have to work off the halo-halo I have consumed. It was so delicious we all had seconds am sure. Anyways, without further ado...here are the pictures...

Things I would NOT do without a child....

I have a confession, I have never flown a kite ever in my life, till today. Well I didn't technically fly it Cox did. I was just the token photographer. We took Maddie to Gary Point Park. I was a perfect kite flying day. When we got there, we were not the only ones who thought it was a great day for kites. Here are the pictures...but before that..I just wanted to say that when Cox handed over the kite for Maddie to hold, after a few seconds she decides to let go of it, so Cox had to sprint to run after the runaway kite! Funny!

Until next time..

Have a great LONG weekend.

My little ballerina

We got a package in the mail, and when we opened it this is what we got! She wanted to put it on right away... I didn't even have time to coordinate her outfit. Thank you to the Chan-Tse's for the package. Maddie loves it!

My baby is 2 today!

I cannot believe that I am a proud Mommy to a 2 year old. Seems like it was just yesterday that I was pregnant, and now we have a very talkative 2 year old. Man, time flies when you're having fun i guess.

We have planned to have Maddie's party at the Steveston waterpark, but the weather network said that it was 40% showers today, so I decided to move the party to Kongkong's house. Thank goodness I did that, it turned out to be a great idea. We transformed Kongkong's driveway into our own little bubble waterpark with the sprinkler and a super bubble machine. Everyone had a blast! Even the adults, especially Emman. Haha. The cake was a hit, everyone loved it! Especially the birthday girl. Thank you to everyone who came to the party. I hope you had lots of fun and lot so food to eat! Happy Birthday Maddie!

PS. I have some pics to upload today, and more will come tomorrow. I have yet to download the pictures that we took from my dad's camera.

PPS. Thanks to Andrew for taking pictures. I really appreciate it!

Here are the first batch of pictures.... Enjoy

Phrase of the Day!

I just thought I'd start jotting down what my daughter has been saying out of the blue on my blog so i don't forget them. Today during a conversation with her dad, they were talking about Mickey Mouse and her dad asked:

Cox: Maddie is that right?
Maddie: You Betcha!

I just thought keep track of these things before my memory leaves me. Trust me, i don't remember anything. Ask my husband!

Another funny thing happened today, my dad and I went for coffee at Tim Hortons and Maddie wanted a vanilla doughnut because it was the only one with sprinkles (surprise, surprise) anyway, so she was eating away at her doughnut a few minutes later she said "Maddie's all done"...so i turned around and guess what was left, the doughnut part without the sprinkles. She ate the part with the sprinkles only! Hahaha Btw, her face was sooooooooooooooo messy, i wish i took a picture of it. Am sure you guys can imagine it anyway... until next time...

Maddie's New Do

I took Maddie to her first "official" salon haircut. Am proud to say she did so well!! Check out her new do... Actually, we went with Sophie to have the girls get their haircut together, but when we got there Sophie would not sit in the chair. So Maddie was the only one who got her haircut. Too bad it would've been cute to see both girls in their bobs. Maybe soon...

White Rock Beach

Actually these pictures were taken last week, just have not have time to upload them. Here they are..



We had lunch with Mo and the kids at Moby Dick. I thought we were at Crescent Beach, but really we were just at White Rock Beach. I thought they were the same haha. Catch of the day included 2 hermit crabs and 1 little flat fish all c/o Mommy :o) What did we do to the catch of the day you say? We returned them to the sea of course! It was Maddie (and Mommy's) first time to "play" in the beach. Maddie loved it...Mommy not so much. I just hate the feeling of wet seaweed or grass on my feet.

new cards from my new stamps :o)

I was playing with a new technique that I've learned -- painting in the stamped images. Here is what I came up with. I like this stamp set. I'm working on other color combos. Tune in for those in my future blogs.  Enjoy...

I took Maddie to the waterpark again today. But she would not go in at all. I even dressed her in her bathing suit today. Sigh...all she wanted to do was to play in the playground. We went with Rissa's SIL Sook Sai and her two kids Elijah and Daniel. I'll post some of Maddie when i get them from Rissa. She was the one with the camera today. 

Splashhhhhhhhhh!

We were invited to join Sophie and Dionne at the new Steveston Waterpark yesterday. Am so glad we went, I was reluctant to go because Maddie still had a runny nose. But Cox said that Maddie would probably not go under the water and just play with the water. So I didn't even bother putting her bathing suit on and just take her in her shorts. To my surprise, after a few minutes of warming up with the puddles, she went under the rainbow right away, she was soaking wet and having LOTS of fun going under the water and jumping on puddles. What a great day!

One, Two, Three Four, Hi-5!!

We went to see Hi-5 Live!!! Madison had a blast, she was dancing to the music. It makes such a huge difference when you actually know the songs...I wanted to jump up and dance but i figured i didn't want to embarrass Cox. Hahaha. But amazingly it was pretty much a full house. As my husband would say, we are part of the in crowd with the toddlers that is. Haha. We took some pictures of the group even though they said no flash photography ssssssshhhhhhhhh. I had to take some pics for show and tell of course. As a souvenir we bought Maddie the Hi-5 pillow, very expensive but I guess you have no choice when you're already there :o) We also spent time with our friends Lisa, Calvin and their 3 year old daughter Mallory, Maddie had so much fun playing with her, they played till 10:30...WOAH way past the kids bedtime, but surprisingly Maddie did not sleep in the car on the way home, I got her changed and had to watch her 1 show before she eventually fell asleep. We all did. Phew! What a day...