MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from our family to yours!

and a Happy New Year!

Splish Splash, they were takin a bath!

Oh, we love to bath!  One of my favorite things are clean, baby-lotioned kids.  Rylee loves to bath so we had a little fun in the tub!  She is so funny, she thinks she can wash her own hair.  What a big girl, and what a big cheese face!

Sidney had to get in on the action. Her hair is too long to spike up, so we just tied it in a knot up on her head!  What a cutie.

"Jingle Bell Rock"

We are loving Christmas time at our house.  Rylee is really into dancing, and today she learned how to spin around.  (Which is apparently is a prerequisite to being a girl in our family, since Sidney spins all day!)  She thinks she is so big.  Now every time she hears this song she just starts spinning. 

I couldn't resist posting this one with the "break dancing spidy's"!!

Yes, I know that 2 of our children are dressed up as spiderman which is in itself not very "Christmasy".  Sidney loves to play with Porter and sometimes he can talk her into doing what he wants to do.  Which is a good change that involves a lot less high heels and earrings on our 7 year old son.  So let's hear it for Spiderman and Spidergirl!  Don't worry she had a tutu on over the top about 5 min later, and she kept checking her lipgloss.  Oh, Sidney.  

What, no posts for awhile? What are you talking about?

So bear with me as I attempt to catch up on my blogging of family fun and events.  Things have been busy around here.  All good things, but busy!  So I am going back to add a few things in, and yes, I am changing the dates accordingly.  I know that some consider this "blog cheating", but I am over it.  One day my posterity will look back and think that I didn't miss a thing, and that my friends is what it's all about.  So I am good with it :)  The Welch's in review..........

Christmas is coming to Town!!

We are all excited about Christmas around here.  Who doesn't love to snuggle and watch Rudolf the Red nosed Reindeer?  Yes, that is a bowl of jingle bells that Rylee won't let go of.  They started out on the kids christmas tree, but she just can't bring herself to leave them there!  She pulls them off and carries them around in anything she can get her hands on. A bowl, a bag, her little purse, her pockets, her hands, and even a small drawer from the play kitchen (the girl can make it work).  I have decided she is a packer, like me.  Let's just admit it I am an over-packer.  You should see my diaper bag.  I have everything anyone might ever need in there.  Ever.  Just in case you need a little sunscreen in December, or plastic bags or clorox wipes for an emergency (Yes, I said clorox wipes), or in case you need medicine, to color a picture, or comb unruly hair, or just snacks and drinks and diapers to last you if you get stuck somewhere for a week or two.  Hey don't judge, we should be prepared for anything.  So, I just say, "That's my girl!"

Here we are breaking out all the Christmas decorations.  Rylee was in heaven, lights, jingle bells, singing and dancing santas!  What more could a 16 month old want?

The "Kid Tree"!  Magnifico!  Wow, look how sophisticated I am.  Good job, Rand.

Just so you know that little tree looks completely different every day.  Because it gets re-decorated every day.  We like to keep you guessing if you stop by!