Tic-Tac Trauma

Doctor: "Merry Christmas Eve"

Rylee: "Merry Christmas to u too"

Doctor: "Whats goin on mom"?

Mom: "Well, Rylee shoved a Tic-Tac up her nose.
I'm not sure if she shoved it so far
up that I can no longer see it or if it's sitting somewhere
in the back seat of my car".

Doctor: (trying not to bust a giant smile followed by a chuckle)
"Lets have a look"

Yes
Rylee is fine and we can now all laugh about this.
It was no laughing matter at 2:30pm today
while driving to the Doctor office.

Rylee now knows not to shove ANYTHING up her nose;)

**Merry Christmas Eve**

Rylee's School Christmas Program!

Cutest program I think I have ever seen.
In fact
YES
cutest program
EVER!
Rylee did a great job today!
Sang every song she could remember;)

*GOOD JOB MY DARLING DIVA*

Gingerbread Party!

The party was a huge success!

Rylee patiently started waiting for her
friends arrival at 4:00...
the party didn't start till 6:00.

making red frosting for our cupcakes;)

Rylee and her bff Aspen

Rylee, Aspen, Grason, and Hailey

Working on the gingerbread house!

The whole gang

Rylee and her finished house

I think back on my memories of the Holidays
when I was little. One of the only traditions that
I can remember is gingerbread house parties.
The houses looked exactly like the ones do here.
My mom has made these houses for years
and passed the knack onto me;)
Since I am the youngest of 5 our parties consisted
of siblings and occasional cousins.
Rylee, being an only child, gets a party of friend and of course Josh man!
I now have a MUCH greater appreciation for
my mom after throwing this party!
Craziness and chaos!
I hope Rylee can remember and pass on this tradition
when she is older!

3 years and 8 months

This sight is bitter sweet

Rylee seems to be old enough to pour her own
milk AND put her own strawberry flavoring
in as well...

What else does she need me for??
She seems to be growing up so fast!
She has been getting to be even more fun lately.
Such a little lady.
SO incredibly sweet.
Head over heels for her Grandpa Walker.
She is in love with the holiday season
which makes Christmas time especially fun this year!

I'm the luckiest mom in the world!

A word from the not so wise

Just because the bundle of Christmas party invites
comes in a package of 8
DOES NOT
mean you need to use all 8 of them!

I am throwing a little Holiday party this weekend for
Rylee and her friends.
These are the lovely, time consuming,
amazing smelling houses that are soon
to be taken over by 3 year olds!
~Wish me luck~

***Polar Express***

We went up to Heber last night to ride on the
POLAR EXPRESS
It was a blast!
We have been preparing for the past couple of days for this event.
We bought the book to read and borrowed the
movie from Iya(sarah) to watch!
Ry was glued to the tv.
The scary man on top of the train scared Ry but
that didn't make her not want to finish!
Jess, Dallas, Aspen, and Irelynn were our dates!

This was an event we will always remember!

Rylee and Aspen were into every single
detail of the night!

Irelynn, Jessica, and Dallas

fogging up the train window
admiring the pretty lights

Momma and Rylee

!!!!!SANTA!!!!!

This trip was exactly like the book!
We had cookies and hot chocolate,
Read the polar express book,
Rode past Santa standing at the North Pole,
Elves came with there note pad and asked
each and every child what they would like for Christmas,
Santa and Mrs. Clause came onto the train and gave
the kids a bell and a cookie recipe,
Sang Christmas carols,
and danced... well just Aspen and Rylee;)

An Elf came and shook Rylees bell.
She told Rylee that her bell came off
Rudolph's collar...
Now exciting because that happens to be Rylees
FAVORITE REINDEER!

Ry and Mrs. Clause

The conductor came and collected our tickets.
He punched a star hole through them...
(Just like in the movie)

We all had a very magical evening!
The girls were darling to watch.
Christmas and Santa are so exciting...

... and apparently very exhausting!

~MERRY CHRISTMAS~

~HO~HO~HO~

We went to the Festival of Trees tonight.
Andrew, Sarah, and Josh met us there.
Ry has been talking about getting to see Santa ALL day.
She jumped up on his lap like a pro!
(much different than past years)
Rylee told Santa that this year she would like...
A baby
A magic wand,
magic clothes...?
A doggy that doesn't really bark,
and an iron and ironing board.

I'm going to assume that the reason Rylee
was SO comfortable seeing Santa this year
is because it FINALLY clicked that this
JoLLy~ReD~SwEEt~FluFFy~MaN
brings her PRESENTS!