Christmas

We spent our Christmas weekend at Gpa and Gma Poultons! We wrote Santa a letter to take our presents to their house and the jolly ole elf did! On Christmas Eve, we had a delicious Poulton tradition of shrimp gumbo for dinner! Then, everyone got to open one present! The kids each got a pillow pet: Tilly, a unicorn, and Maddox, a BYU cougar! Of course, Maddox tried to ride his as soon as it was opened!

Aaron's Xmas Eve gift was a book from his mama called Sleep for Success!
Maddox, sleeping for success on Christmas Day!

Christmas morning! We ate the delicious Little tradition of our favorite name-brand cereal!
Church was at 9am! So we had to postpone present-opening until after!
The kiddos excited for presents!
I put a picture of their face on each of their presents so they would know exactly what was theirs! Maddox got lots! He got a man Barbie (Flynn Ryder from Tangled) because he always tries to play with Tilly's Barbies, guy figurines and toys for the guys to ride, and his favorite, a pull-string Woody doll that knows when his hat is off or put back on. For the first hour he went around taking off and putting on Woody's hat! "Oh no, my hats gone!" "A cowboy without a hat is like a yodel without a hey-hee-hoo!" He loves his Woody!
Chantilly got lots too! She got 5 princess Barbies, her favorite is "Punzel" to go with Mad's Flynn Ryder! She also got a jewelry box with jewelry to dress up with, pretend lipstick, nail polish and perfume! It makes a princess noise every time it opens! And of course, she got a pull-string Jessie doll! The jewelry box turned out to be a big hit for her! They both also got a set of "forses" (horses) and a Mega Bloks set!
That afternoon, the cousins came over for some fun and games! This was an attempt at the nativity that did not work out so well! Poor baby Jesus is on the ground being poked by shepherd Chance's cane!
We went around and told of our most memorable Christmas! Mine was when we were forced to go Christmas caroling with all my siblings and my Dad to his meals-on-wheels people he delivered to every week. It was torturous at the time, but nice to see how much it meant to those people. Another memorable one was when we wrapped our own presents in a garbage bag with our names on them because my mom had to work that night! So funny!
The Mexican Train Game with Grandma!
Playing Phase Ten that felt like it took 10 hours, while snacking on Gma's goodies!
The beloved jewelery box and painting Maddox nails!
All done up! Earrings and all!
Loving her Xmas present!

We had an amazing Christmas with lots of family and fun! I can't wait for next year!