And here�s the clock when it opens & does the �Hickory Dickory Dock� thing. Charlie was pretty fascinated at first because of the music & all the moving things.

We went back to the Yankee Candle place tonight & took ALL the kids this time. This is the scene when you first walk in - it's like a Main Street w/shops on the sides & then the fountain & "town clock" straight ahead. But check out the ceiling which is the coolest thing in this picture. It's made to look like the sky on a beautiful day!!

Last one for the night. This is for all you Yankee Candle fans. My husband found the ad for this & insisted on taking me there! What a guy!!! :) Seriously, it's VERY cool inside. We only took Joey on this trip, but we're going back w/the big boys because it was so neat.......and because I didn't buy anything.....YET!!! :)

And Joey (who could care less about the scores) poses for a shot w/Blackbeard himself!!!

And of course, Andrew jumps right in there to be sure he gets it right!!!

Marc had no time for pictures. He was busy adding up the scores!!! That's my Marc!!!

THAT'S how you do it Charlie!!! :)

At the end of a great round of putt putt (yes, the obligatory trip to Pirate's Cove), we had to stop for some pictures.... I think Andrew is doing some kind of pirate symbol or something.

Last one.....just HAD to post the close up. There's nothing like a sleeping, sweet baby, huh??? Love you Charlie!!!!

Charlie's nap got skipped today in favor of the pool & this is where we found him @ dinner time. Good thing we weren't planning to eat out tonight!! As it turned out, we had a nice, PEACEFUL, yummy, steak dinner @ "home" w/o our favorite little toddler..... :)

VACATION!!! It's a beautiful day out & what do you suppose the boys want to do??? "But we don't have PS2 @ home!!!!" Okay, we did manage to tear them away for a few hours @ the pool. And it has been nice to have a little diversion when we're inside!!! :)

Cute picture of Joey & Scott from last month. Thanks again for a FUN weekend Andersons!!!! :)

And as the "toddler/pre-terrible twos" stage continues........ TODAY Charlie decided to give new meaning to the term "shampoo the carpet". The boys were completely out of shampoo, so I bought 3 new bottles today of cool, fun scents that allow me to verify by smell that they actually WASHED their hair & didn't just get it wet in the shower. Anyway, as I sat looking through Marc's homeschool books (which just came today), feeling nostalgic since most of the books haven't changed since I used A Beka curriculum in 5th grade, I began to smell this tropical/fruity smell drifting down the stairs. That combined w/no sounds from Charlie anywhere on the main floor of the house made me wonder what was going on upstairs. Yes, Charlie decided the carpet in the upstairs hallway needed cleaned & since it's so OLD, it needs the WHOLE, FULL bottle of tropical/fruity smelling shampoo.....ugh!!!! What a mess!! So anyone have any ideas how to get an entire bottle of shampoo OUT of carpet??? I love you Charlie!!!! :(

Can I just say that I REALLY love this "toddler/pre-terrible twos" stage??? This was Charlie yesterday after deciding that he needed to try on every pair of goggles we own. He walked around like this for at least an hour.

Can ya tell he REALLY likes cheese pizza???

And I'll finish tonight w/my sweet Joey. I LOVE this picture. Everyone always says how much Joey looks like Norm, but I almost see a little bit of mom in this face (especially around the eyes!)......and I think there's a little glimpse in there of a grown up Joey.

And after Marc's much needed NAP, he did a great job pitching that evening. "Thanks Mom & Dad!!!" hmmmmmm....I don't think we heard those words.

Sorry, boys, but this was an "I told you so" moment for Mom & Dad & we couldn't resist the pictures. Marc & Andrew desparately wanted to ride to the next game & hang out with their teammates, but we INSISTED (much to their chagrin) that they stay w/us & REST!!! They had been up late the previous night & early that morning & it was HOT! Plus, we're so MEAN!!!! :) Anyway, they both kept telling us, "We're NOT tired, we're NOT tired." HA! This was how tired they were NOT - after about 5 minutes on the road!

And, well, you know, the baseball was fun & all......but Andrew would much rather hang out w/the girls!!! :) These are the older sisters (& mom in the back) of a teammate. Norm told him to go over & ask 'em for their digits. Obediently, he went over, asked for the "digits", & then added, "It's for my dad!" He had NO idea what digits were - it was hilarious.

Can't see him real well, but that's Marc almost tagging the runner out @ 2nd base on a steal. Nice stop, Marc!!!

Found some pics I forgot I had! :) Just a few from our FUN trip to Knoxville, TN for a baseball tournament the first weekend in June. It was especially nice for me because Joey & Charlie stayed in Columbus w/friends & I got to SIT & WATCH EVERY GAME!!!!! :) This was Andrew doing a GREAT job pitching....