Back in August I highlighted Rylie’s martial arts advancements from start (December 2020) through August 2021 – including THREE belt rank-ups. Today, I wanted to highlight her last two – Brown & Red belt. In August 2021, she tested for her Brown belt. The shock of the year was Rylie, who usually takes multiple hits […]
being rylie
rylie starts gymnastics
Rylie has been asking to do gymnastics pretty much since Emmaline started. She thinks she wants to quit martial arts to focus on gymnastics, but I’m hesitant. Rylie is the kind of kid who wants to do every activity because she gets FOMO (fear of missing out) and just loves people / stuff to do. […]
rylie’s in a christmas parade
Our family has watched a local cities Christmas parade for a couple years now. it’s become a Christmas tradition and it was extra fun when Rylie’s Martial Arts Accademy said they would be in it and invited the student to take part. When I asked Rylie if she wanted to be in the parade, she […]
rylie’s 5th birthday day
Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Please read my disclaimer page for more information. after a phenomenal birthday party the night before, Aaron and my brother, Dan, put together Rylie’s birthday gift – this climbing tower. Rylie woke up clutching on of her birthday gifts […]
rylie’s 5th birthday party || spiderman themed
Rylie’s love for SpiderMan was born in 2019 when the Spiderverse movie came out. She even selected a SpiderMan themed party for her 3rd gathering. Her obsession over him never died and although she had another theme planned out for her 5th birthday party, she changed her mind in September and was not budging. Even […]
happy 5th birthday rylie
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY Rylie Annalise!!! Every birthday I do a mini-shoot with my kids to commemorate their birthdays. I started incorporating their birthday party theme into their shoots, which adds a fun and creative twist to the shoot. Rylie chose to have a SpiderMan themed birthday party (she didn’t care that it was the same […]
letters to rylie – 5 years old
dear Rylie, how are we here? how are you 5 years old, in Kindergarten, martial arts, and picking your own birthday party themes and cake flavors without any prompting!? I remember when you were an infant and these days seemed so far in the future. I yearned for the day when you would sleep through […]
the twins – 5 years old
When we originally got Kylo & Rae (brother and sister puppies), we calculated their birthday to be around a week before Rylie was born. So, I called them the triplets. Since Rae left us, we call them the twins. There’s a gap for year 3 and 4 years old because Kylo went missing for almost […]
rylie’s martial arts advancements – yellow, green & blue belt
When Rylie turned four, we asked her friends / family to gift her money so we would put towards martial arts classes. She was really into Avatar, The Last Airbender and we thought she would enjoy giving martial arts a try. Sure enough, she fell in love with it and has been going multiple times […]
first day of school pictures – 2021
Today we kicked off our first day of school! of course, classic first day photos were taken 😉 if you want to hear what Rylie is most excited about this year, watch this week’s episode.