They went straight to the cookies and milk to see if Santa ate them- HE DID!!! And he left a thankyou note. AND...Rudolph ate his carrots and left a tiny bit by the front door.
The stockings, the stockings!
Amara loved seeing what she got from Santa!
Al loved the firetruck book from Santa- he sure knows Alaric well!
The first gift of Christmas was what Alaric made for mommy and daddy! He had been waiting so patiently to give it to us. It was a beautful Christmas tree ornament for the tree that he made himself at school. He was so proud of it and we LOVED it!
My baby!
For those who don't know yet, we only give 3 gifts to everyone on Christmas representing the 3 gifts the Wisemen brought to Jesus. Each gift is specified....one just for the person, one for us to do away from the house together as a family ( geared towards the interests of that person) and one for us to do together at home ( geared towards the interests of that person). It keeps Christmas centered and focused on the time spent together instead of the stuff and other things that often time take over our lives!Amara:
Gift to do away from the house-a princess ball!
Gift just for her- a retro telephone you can pull ( it's new however Brian and I both had the same phone growing up)
Gift for us to do at home- Seasame Street and Elmo pack ( interactive book, puzzle, lunchbox filled with bath toys, etc)
Alaric:Gift to do at home- Bob the Builder pack ( blanket, DVD, books, and puzzle)
Gift for us to do outside of the home- Soccer net!
Gift just for him- a new bike!!!!
Katie:
Gift for us to do outside of the home- Soccer net!
Gift just for him- a new bike!!!!
Katie:Gift for us to do at home- the movie UP and mircowave popcorn!
Gift just for me- a giftcertificate for a ONE HOUR massage!!!!
Gift for us to do away from the home- next Thursday and Friday we are headed to Indianapolis for a getaway in our favorite hotel ( residence inn by Marriot) and a trip to the Children's Museum!!!!!!
Brian:
Gift just for me- a giftcertificate for a ONE HOUR massage!!!!
Gift for us to do away from the home- next Thursday and Friday we are headed to Indianapolis for a getaway in our favorite hotel ( residence inn by Marriot) and a trip to the Children's Museum!!!!!!
Brian:Gift for us to do at home- a wooden popcorn bowl engraved with THE FULTONS and a huge bag of popcorn for our countless movie and popcorn nights!
Gift just for him- a framed picture of a poster of Brian's grandpa's tractor. Bordering the poster are the words of the Eulogy Brian wrote and gave at grandpa's funeral. The four pictures around the outside are of Bri as an infant on the tractor with grandpa, Alaric and g-pa on the tractor, brian as an adult with g-pa on the tractor, and all three of them on the tractor.
Gift for us to do away from the house- a two day trip to Western IL February 4th and 5th that includes a movie, swimming at a hotel and ordering his favorite pizza, heading to Moline with our family, his parents, my parents, and his grandma to the John Deere Headquarters and then finishing with lunch at his favorite restaurant, Steak N Shake!!!!
Amara checks out all the pictures we received from friends this Christmas- they all get taped to the front door in the order they are received. Everyone loves looking at them!
Family breakfast- orange juice, carmel rolls, bacon and fruit!!!
Our Family Tradition on Christmas is to do NOTHING!!!! As soon as breakfast is done, we blow up the AeroBed in the family room and start an all-day-long movie marathon. It includes family friendly movies, jumping on the bed, naps, and lots and lots of bad food ( popcorn, pizza, chocolate, etc). You must stay in jammies all day. It's our favorite day of the year!
Gift just for him- a framed picture of a poster of Brian's grandpa's tractor. Bordering the poster are the words of the Eulogy Brian wrote and gave at grandpa's funeral. The four pictures around the outside are of Bri as an infant on the tractor with grandpa, Alaric and g-pa on the tractor, brian as an adult with g-pa on the tractor, and all three of them on the tractor.
Gift for us to do away from the house- a two day trip to Western IL February 4th and 5th that includes a movie, swimming at a hotel and ordering his favorite pizza, heading to Moline with our family, his parents, my parents, and his grandma to the John Deere Headquarters and then finishing with lunch at his favorite restaurant, Steak N Shake!!!!
Amara checks out all the pictures we received from friends this Christmas- they all get taped to the front door in the order they are received. Everyone loves looking at them!
Family breakfast- orange juice, carmel rolls, bacon and fruit!!!
Our Family Tradition on Christmas is to do NOTHING!!!! As soon as breakfast is done, we blow up the AeroBed in the family room and start an all-day-long movie marathon. It includes family friendly movies, jumping on the bed, naps, and lots and lots of bad food ( popcorn, pizza, chocolate, etc). You must stay in jammies all day. It's our favorite day of the year!The kids took turns giving Daddy belly zurberts!
The kids tried to fit themselves into their toy basket! Amara fits better than the two of them together but they had fun trying!
Me and my babies lying on our Christmas bed!!!!
We started watching our first movie and Brian and I looked between ourselves to see our babies holding hands on their own as they watched TV....
S0 Sweet! We watched 4 full length family friendly movies, Brian and I watched the Hangover during naptime and 12 hours later, Brian and I fell asleep on the AeroBed and slept overnight in the Family Room- a PERFECT Christmas Day!!!
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The kids tried to fit themselves into their toy basket! Amara fits better than the two of them together but they had fun trying!
Me and my babies lying on our Christmas bed!!!!
We started watching our first movie and Brian and I looked between ourselves to see our babies holding hands on their own as they watched TV....
S0 Sweet! We watched 4 full length family friendly movies, Brian and I watched the Hangover during naptime and 12 hours later, Brian and I fell asleep on the AeroBed and slept overnight in the Family Room- a PERFECT Christmas Day!!!***
The kids LOVED jumping from the couch onto the Aero Bed over and over and over!
Merry Christmas from The Fultons!!!!
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