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Canada Day

Chris had to work on Canada Day so Madalyn and I took my parents to the Canada Day parade. We all got pretty festive with red shirts and lots of Canada Day tattoos. Madalyn had ones on her arms that said, "Made in Canada." Pretty cute!

Boat Ride

We spent the long weekend out on Charlie Lake in my dad's boat fishing, relaxing and having some fun. It was Madalyn's first time in the boat. She was petrified at first, but quickly warmed up to it. Now she loves it!! She really enjoyed getting to drive it! So did her daddy and we all enjoyed eating the yummy fish we caught!

May Long Pictures

We also managed to get a great shot of the whole family (dogs included) on the front steps, but I will have to put it up another time because I don't have it on this computer.

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Playing outside

We had some gorgeous weather this weekend so we spent most of our time outside. These are some pictures of us playing at the playground this morning and also Madalyn showing off her new bike helmet. At first she didn't want to try it on and then she didn't want to take it off!/Users/cwylie/Desktop/IMG_3548.JPG/Users/cwylie/Desktop/IMG_3546.JPG/Users/cwylie/Desktop/IMG_3527.JPG/Users/cwylie/Desktop/IMG_3530.JPG

Dressed up

Last night we went out to dinner as a family to Boston Pizza. Something we haven't done in ages. Madalyn behaved so nicely at the restaurant and enjoyed watching the other kids who were there as well. She also chatted up the server! She's dressed up in some of her new spring clothes from Vegas.

Madalyn and Scout getting rowdy!

Ready for Adventure in the Great Outdoors

This picture is from a few weeks ago when I was off work on Spring Break. The snow melt was in full swing and so Madalyn, Scout and I spent a good amount of time outside! This is Madalyn ready to go out for a walk to the playground.

Getting a taste of the good stuff! YUMMY!!

Easter

We spent Easter in Prince George with my parents and my brother. We had to celebrate a couple days early as my parents left for Ecuador on Easter Sunday. Madalyn really enjoyed actually hunting for eggs this year and she had lots of fun putting the eggs in her basket and then dumping them out again, only to put them back in the basket again. She also had her first taste of chocolate. We let her have a few smarties and she loved them!! As you can see from the photos, Scout also joined in on hunting for eggs.

Try again

OK, let's try that again

Here's the link:
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent_eq/2008/20080305.0259.02/index_e.php

Earthquake

So Tuesday night we experienced our first earthquake in FSJ. It was a 3.3 on the richter scale. I thought it was a sudden big gust of wind blowing the house, but it turns out it was an earthquake. It only lasted a few short seconds and it was probably pretty easy for a lot of people to miss depending on what they were doing. Here's the link:

Dressing up

Madalyn's new favorite game is to put on my shoes and mitts and then try and walk around the house. It's pretty funny to watch in action.



Sharing a cuddle with her favorite furry friend on a Saturday morning.

Back to Bloggin'

So, I haven't touched this thing in five months. Life and the Facebook monster have taken over, but Facebook is not the answer to everything, so here we are back at the blog again. For those of you who have missed it, I apologize for taking so long to get anything going.
Every Sunday morning, we go on a trip to Walmart. We can run errands and the store isn't busy so Madalyn can run around. She loves visiting the fish in the pet section and this weekend her daddy decided that it would be nice to have a few fishies at home. Madalyn loves her three new fish. We haven't given them names yet. Madalyn calls them "sishies." She loves to wave to them and give them kisses (well give the tank kisses, anyway) and she will just sit and watch them swim around.

Madalyn's first Birthday

Last weekend we celebrated Madalyn's first birthday. It is so hard to believe that a whole year has gone by, but when we think of all the things she can do now, from when she was first born it is just amazing! We had a birthday party for her and my parents flew up from Winnipeg to be there. We had a great weekend and enjoyed her party with some friends - even Scout had a couple of doggy friends to play with in the backyard! Madalyn had lots of fun and enjoyed being the centre of attention. She loved her butterfly cake too!

Happy Birthday

Madalyn has a birthday with for her Nana. We tried to post it yesterday, but it wasn't working for some reason so here it is today, a day late.

Back to Work

It has almost been a week of back to work and so far we seem to be surviving. The mornings have been rushed, but each day we seem to get slightly better. This morning we even had ten minutes left before we went out the door to play with Madalyn and Scout.
Madalyn has just taken everything in stride. She is such a happy, easy-going kid. She likes the lady looking after her and she has such fun with the other kids there. This morning when I dropped her off all the other kids were already there. Madalyn looked up at the three of them and gave them a big smile and a happy exclamation. It was so cute!
I am somewhat happy to be back at work. I know we will be extremely busy as we get into things. I haven't been to the schools yet, but I am hoping to start visiting them by tomorrow. I have to get my caseload organized and figure out who and what I have where, which is always a big task. I think the year will go well, though. Positive attitude....I am already looking forward to the weekend, just so that I can sleep later than 6. I hate getting up that early but I like having time to walk the dog and get ready with Madalyn still asleep.
Anyway, hopefully everything continues this smoothly, fingers crossed.

Happy Birthday!!

Madalyn has a birthday wish for her Nanna! We hope you have a great day and we wish we were joining you for dinner!!! Enjoy your prezzies!!