Life with Dylan

Category: Christmas

  • Dylan’s Annual Gingerbread House

    As you may remember, last Christmas Dylan made his first gingerbread house. This year, he wanted to make it all from scratch! (Guess he has been spending too much time in the kitchen with Mom, more on that in another post) So needless to say, we made gingerbread (not the kind from a box) and we rolled it out, cut rectangular shapes, and even a chimney. Although this was not going to be a 3-D gingerbread house, Dylan was set on making it as realistic as possible.

    Homemade royal icing, M & M’s, Skittles, Tootsie Rolls, Candy Canes, Gumdrops, Licorice, and Mom’s homemade chocolate Snowman and Santa made this gingerbread house complete. Oh, and it was delicious!

  • Our Christmas Card Photo Shoot

    This year we decided to go with a photo card and who better to take the pictures than our favorite Aunt Stephanie.
    Forget the perfectly posed portrait, we like candid, laughing, this is who we are pictures!
    No Dylan, don’t smile, don’t do funny faces, don’t make bunny ears behind Mommy’s head … yep, threw those rules out the window and had a blast just being us!

    And here is what we got …

     For some reason, I adore this picture. Maybe because the expression on his face that I love so much was finally captured on film.
     He may be 60+ pounds, but he will always be my baby!

    And here is the completed project …

  • Christmas Morning


    What a day, Dylan had been counting down until Santa came and what a day it was! Not only did Santa bring Star Wars LEGO’s, but Grandma and Grandpa gave him the original Star Wars Trilogy on DVD.


    Thank You Santa! See you next year!

  • Dylan’s Gingerbread House


    Well, this year we decided to attempt a Gingerbread House and I think it turned out pretty darn good! Dylan had so much fun putting all the candies on the house … one for the house and one for Dylan. Hahaha