Blessing Day

I think those are the cutest kids I have every seen.

Blessing

On Sunday we blessed our sweet little Ava. It was wonderful to have so many of our friends and family with us for this special day. What a great occasion to not only officially have her name added to the church records, but more so to celebrate her arrival to our family. I couldn't have imagined how much love Bennett and Carter could have for her from day one. It makes me wonder what goes on in Heaven before these little spirits come to earth. She has definately completed our family and we feel very blessed to have her. And thank you Nana for being able to make the most beautiful dress that is exactly how I imagined it would look.

Say, "Circus!"

Every year we get all the Charlesworth cousins together for a picture with Santa. Many mall shoppers rolled their eyes at us as our boys ran around being various super heros and possibly getting in peoples way. Speaking of rolling eyes, as we walked up to Santa I noticed he was looking up and to the left as if checking on his reindeer. I looked up and saw nothing but a plain white ceiling. I thought maybe he's overwhelmed by the heard of children I'm bringing toward him. As we arranged all the children and were trying to get them all to look at the camera, I again noticed that Santa was not looking at the camera. To my surprise, our sweet, special, Santa was cross eyed. There is nothing like paying $40 for a Santa picture and working hard to get all 7 children under the age of 5 to look at the camera, and have Santa looking elsewhere. However, I am grateful that he has a job and that Santas helpers come in all shapes, sizes, and visual abilities. Thank you Santa for putting up with our circus.

Santa's Visit

Bennett wanted to show Santa the picture he made of him today at school.

I am still amazed that none of my kids cried or were scared of Santa. They climbed right up on his lap. What a fun night!

Here Comes Santa Claus

It is a little hard to tell, but if you look out the window you can see who came to visit my kids tonight. Santa! Just as we were sitting down to read stories before bedtime, Bennett saw some white fluff and two little eyes peaking through the window. Bennett and Carter were so excited they were running in circle. As soon as Santa came in they acted as if Santa comes to our house everynight. Bennett was casually telling him about his day and asking him questions. Carter was only interested in what was in Santa's sack. He brought the boys advent calendars and they each got a little stuffed animal. I asked Carter what kind of animal his was and he said, "no tiger, chocolate". He was a little upset at the fact that he could only open one window and have one chocolate. While I wasn't looking, he opened another window and quickly ate that chocolate. It was melt down city when I had to put the calenders away.

Tis the Season

It is officially the Christmas season. Bennett has reminded me of all the traditions that he expects to happen this month. It is going to be busy, but fun. This picture with Santa is a tradition that started 4 years ago when I just had little Bennett. I feel like Santa's lap is complete this year with my three absolutley adorable kids. I love this time of year. I love to see Bennett and Carter get so excited to turn the Christmas lights on and decorate the tree and Ava is my perfect little angel who sleeps so peacefully at night. I told Bennett I saw Santa's elf looking in the window while he was being naughty and it made him a little nervous. He promised to be good from now on, but does not want the elf to look in the window while he is going potty because he needs his privacy. I assured him that elfs never peek in bathroom windows. I wished this tactic worked on Carter, but he appears not to care who is watching when he is naughty. Even amongst their naughtiness, I couldn't ask for three more perfect kids.