[Jane Long]

How old is Mandy’s oldest? When did Mandy first meet cRuz?

[LucyT]

Good questions, .... and perhaps someone can answer.

[Aliska]

From Heavy (some blog): Carpenter was born in 1982 as Amanda Beth Carpenter. She is married to Chris Kinnan and the couple have two children. Carpenter was born in Montrose, Michigan and raised by a single mother. According to her bio on Townhall.com, Carpenter attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She graduated in 2005 with a B.A. in Communication Studies and began work as a Congressional correspondent for conservative news website Human Events.

In 2013 she moved to become communications director for future presidential candidate Ted Cruz. She writes on her LinkedIn page about the job: "Oversaw a six-member communications team for one of the most active offices on Capitol Hill. Joined the Cruz Senate office as Speechwriter and Senior Communications Advisor and was promoted to Communications Director in October 2014. Worked closely with legislative and committee staff on the full spectrum of issues before the U.S. Senate. Regularly contributed to social media and other creative content. Was key in creating Sen. Cruz's #MakeDCListen effort..." She left the job in July 2015.

twitchy.com: Amanda Carpenter, senior communications adviser to Senator Ted Cruz, tweeted the news of her son’s birth early Tuesday morning. Congratulations poured in:

@amandacarpenter mazel tov!

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 28, 2013

The little girl, just found a couple photos, looks about 2 or less years older than the little boy whose name is Harry I think. Can't find anything else, just as well.