WALL FAMILY

We had lots of pictures taken of our Christmas tree so I thought I'd add one here...Tis the season! Here is a little project I came up with because all the cards falling down everywhere was driving me crazy!  It didn't take too long and didn't cost anything since I had everything on hand.  Kinda fun! Rylee made this cute letter with the candycane heart!  It says I love Mom, I love Dad, I love Dylan, I love myself, I love Jordan, I love Rusty....So cute!  And we all love Rylee! Rylee's class had a Christmas Elf party at school.  They were so cute and had fun!  Everything they did was for elves.  They made mini elf barbells (a pretzel stick with marshmallows on the ends) Elf cones (bugle chips with canned cheese squirted into them) Elf trail mix,  and mini milkshakes (made in baby food jar).  What fun!

Dylan is now a Pre-Teen!!  That is how he likes to look at it.  His birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year so he didn't get to do a whole lot to celebrate with friends.  But he did get his presents and a big old dinner and a visit from his Grandma and Grandpa.  He chose to have pie in place of his birthday cake since he was going to have the cake for his party the following weekend and it was Thanksgiving after all!  This is Rylee's present for Dylan which he had just bought at a thrift store for himself just the day before.  But the gesture was sweet and it was so fun to wrap a present for his brother! The weekend after Dylan's birthday we planned a sleepover with some friends.  I didn't get a whole lot of pictures because they spent most of their time down in Dylan's room.  Here are a couple though when they finally surfaced for cake and ice-cream.    The ice-cream we made in ziplock baggies...cute idea but a little messy!...

Dylan and Rylee love to come and help me at my work.  I don't really understand this because they don't like to do things at home but at least I get to see my kids when I wouldn't be able to otherwise. On this day my co-workers son came to work with her too.  The younger kids got to do some dishes while Dylan got to make some coffee and help make cookies.  I was going through the pictures on my phone and I found out what happens when you let your 5 year old play with the phone...he takes LOTS of pictures!  Here are just a couple of the many, many pictures on my phone.   And just in the last couple of days Rylee has really liked to talk on the phone. This all started with when he got one of his friends' phone numbers.  Now I have to really watch him cause he calls and if he doesn't get an answer then he calls again and again.  I think I'm in trouble! On the phone with his friend Kaden!