Ryan Age 5

What to get mommy for her birthday

It was an ordinary Saturday evening getting the kids ready for bed. As kids were playing in the bath, I asked both Madeline and Ryan what they would like to get me for my birthday.

Ryan’s First Hockey Tournament (day 1)

Ryan had his first hockey tournament and the first game was a blowout!  They don’t officially keep score but Ryan’s team totally dominated.  Everyone played an important role but for our sake here are some of Ryan’s high…

5 year old play date

Ryan had one of his good buddies from kindergarten over for a play date.  They had quite a blast and were typical boys the way they played.  There was a lot of craziness and some dancing.  The song you hear was one of Ry…

Millenium Falcon

Ryan has been a big supporter of Lego and Star Wars.  I was going to use the word fan but knowing how much Lego costs I think he is responsible for keeping that company profitable!  One of his gifts this Christamas was t…

Our first parent-teacher meeting with Ryan’s kindergarten teacher

Ryan received his very first report card from kindergarten and mommy and daddy got to sit down with his teacher, Roland for 30 minutes to talk about how he’s been doing.  According to Roland, Ryan has been extremely popu…

Daddy’s performance for Ryan’s kindergarten

A lot of Ryan’s kindergarten parents are very successful people, either working for UBC or in other areas around the city.  Many of them volunteer to talk to the kindergarten class about what they do and show them cool s…

Ryan’s team hockey get together

Ryan’s hockey team attended a game of the Vancouver Giants(Vancouver’s minor hockey team).   They had a blast there all together, shared popcorn and lots of laughs.  The kids almost made it to the end of the game, we lef…

Movember

Pumpkin Patch Trip

Ryan and Madeline were very excited to go to the pumpkin patch.  Unfortunately, daddy was out of town playing a concert.  The kids went with their good friend Ella and had the chance to pick out their own pumpkin and rid…

Ryan’s first day of kindergarten

Can’t believe it’s Ryan’s first day of Kindergarten! We were all very excited especially because Ryan already knew a bunch of kids in his class and we’ve heard so many amazing things about his teacher, Roland!  Our baby …

Biking through the woods

One of the advantages of living on the UBC campus are the great bike paths.  We have an awesome forest close to our home that we love to bike through.  Here is a photo of Ryan on the bike path.

East Coast Vacation

It is always such a highlight for us to come back to the Maritimes – it seems like we can make it up every two years with the whole family without going broke (it costs a fortune!).  For this vacation we were very lucky …

Bike Race

Every year there is a large bike race that takes place right in front of our house.  There is a small part of that race that involves kids.  It’s not a real race for kids, more of a let’s all bike together kind of thing …

High Class Taste

Ryan has been intrigued by sports cars for quite some time.  The other day while shopping for groceries we came across a Ferrari parked in the lot.  Ryan insisted that we take some photos.  As we were taking photos the o…

Swimming

Every since we singed Ryan up for swimming in a glorified bathtub he has loved the water (we are serious about the bathtub swimming lessons –actually, it was a very warm and tiny swimming pool which was very unintimidati…

Back to the circus

Every year we get a local circus that rolls into town.  This is the third year that Ryan has attended and every year he goes with Ella.  It is sort of a date – this year Madeline was very excited to come.  Of course she …

Cousin Tyler’s birthday in LA

While we were down in LA we were fortunate to be able to attend Tyler’s 5th birthday party.  It was a blast!  What birthday party isn’t?  While we were down in LA Ryan was introduced to transformers and was quite intrigu…

Knott’s Berry Farm

We’ve been going to LA to visit with the kids ever since they were born.  The one thing we haven’t done yet is go to Disney.  We don’t want to go until we think the kids are ready – that day is getting near.  We decided …

Happy Good-Bye

Ryan loved going to Little Raven.  He started there one month before Madeline was born and has loved every single day.  He made many great friends, loved the teachers and had many great memories.  But, it was time for hi…

Scooter

On Ryan’s birthday we got him a scooter which he has had a lot of fun riding.  Earlier this year they opened up a skateboard park just across from our house (you can actually see it from Ryan’s window).   This new skateb…

Ryan’s real birthday (May 18)

By this point Ryan had already celebrated his birthday twice – this would now be his third time.  We invited a few friends over for dinner and cake.  It was nice to have people over to help us eat the cake and sing happy…

Ryan’s 5th Birthday Party (on May 11)

Ryan is very fortunate to have a lot of close friends from school and the area where we live.  When it comes time to invite his friends to his birthday we do a lot of planning on who we aren’t going to invite.  It sounds…

Paul Frank

When Ryan was a bit younger he loved Paul Frank (a monkey designer).  Actually, he loved the character so much it was on his underwear.  When he heard that Richard PAUL and FRANK where coming he thought it was really fun…