Home again, home again, jiggity, jig.

All roads lead to Carlisle... It's just that some rides are a little smoother. I was thinking of getting some rims like these for the Prius, but Papa said it would affect the gas mileage...

Alexander's second Spring Carlisle was awesome! Despite the double ear infections, gum cutters & late-night burn outs the little man was so comfortable @ Granny Smith's house that he slept better than ever! Off to bed by 7pm and, although he woke around 7am, he played quietly in his Pack-n-Play until Mama, Grandma, Grandpa & Aunt Amy got the yard parked full around 9am! That boy made car show easy!

The Erin Smith Fan Club (Yes, my little man, Mama had a fan club pre-Papa) was in Carlisle before we arrived. Unfortunately, only two of the original members made the trip. Robert is off at Mass Maritime and the cheese-loving Arty Conway Show hasn't been back since Arty passed in 2008.

Fortunately, Big Bob recruited his grandson & Uncle Oyster brought his Bulgarian lawn boy. Alexander LOVED Corey almost as much as he LOVED Nabisco's mini bike!

He didn't, however, care very much for John's new hair plugs!

After selling John's rims & earning a commission of $62.50 and selling the weedwacker Papa found in the street to Big Bob for $40 smackers Wednesday evening, Alexander's show was off to a great start!

And then Davey showed up! Davey is Goin' to California with an Achin' in his heart to see us all one more time. He met Ethan & Sarah @ Mama & Papa's wedding in 2006, but the ol' Spring Carlisle Reunion introduced him to Norah, Charlotte & little Alexander before he gets on that Big Jet Plane.

Aunt Jenn fought the busiest Friday morning traffic we've seen in years to reacquaint Norah & Baby Charlotte with Baby Z's cute little mug. Those kiddos just have so much fun together!

Grandma had her fair share of smiles with the babes too!

Grandma wasn't too sure about her new "Full/Ima Fool" sign, but Alexander and all the drunk guys walking by seemed to enjoy it...

And if 5 days of five a.m., fumes and Fools wasn't enough, as soon as the show was over we headed to Aunt Jenn's for some spring cleaning. Our original mission was to help Jenn get through Sarah's Tuesday morning surgery.

Sunday night Mama relinquished control to grandma (aka asked her to babysit) & headed to Aunt Jenn's to help with up-every-two-hours Charlotte. I'm not sure I was that much help, since I couldn't get her to take a bottle or binkie & had to wake her mama anyway to breast feed, but I tried.

Now, Monday night, I'm pretty sure Mama made a little more of a difference. Aunt Jenn woke up & said, "I haven't slept that good for 2 years." Mission Accomplished.

Fast forward through Sarah's surgery & aftermath... and we had a yard sale! What better way to file away the stress and start new than to clean house & refuse to let it all back in. All I can say is that I learned a lot about my BIL while cleaning out his garage. Nuff said.

We made about $233 minus the case of beer, pizza slices and permanent scaring on the babies knuckles. Did I mention that Alexander REALLY struggled on Aunt Jenn's driveway? He couldn't stay upright and everytime we looked away he was bleeding from a new appendage. Poor little monkey!

Two weeks was a very long time to be away from Papa. When we finally arrived home, our seed had sprouted, our gutter/railing/foyer were all fixed and our Papa was smiling from ear to ear.