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Note to children’s book authors vying for Charlotte’s attention: If you don’t grab her from page one, she’ll move on. Also, adding cats to your books is always a positive.

Well this just about made my month. This morning, Al Roker, Ann Curry & Natalie Morales spent a Today Show segment discussing Stacy Conradt’s blockbuster story on secret menu items at fast food restaurants. I’m going to celebrate with a Neapolitan shake.

Charlotte picked up this trick at daycare. (On dolls, I mean. They’re not letting her care for the younger kids quite yet.)

In what has to be the greatest groomsman gift in wedding history, my brother-in-law Keith gave me two tickets to today’s Yankees-Red Sox game. All month, I’ve been nervously watching the standings. If the Yanks clinched the American League East too early, today’s game might have featured the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre all-stars. But everything played out perfectly, and the Yanks came into today’s game with a chance to win their division against their hated rival. It was perfect.

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Charlie kindly hands over a plastic bag. Her reward? A tickling offensive.

I’ve probably seen every episode of Seinfeld at least two-dozen times. So whenever I can use some of the useless knowledge I’ve accumulated, I feel like that was TV time well spent.

Take the Quiz: George Costanza’s Resume

Now that she’s big into opening drawers, we have to be on guard for all sorts of new things. For example, taking clothes out of Ellen’s dresser and walking them over to the trash.

Here Charlotte attempts to identify the main characters of Marley Goes to School with varying success. Then she tries to rip the book.

[Looks like I edited out the part where she tries to destroy library property. Probably for the best.]

Charlotte still hasn’t gotten enough of this song. Though her enthusiasm for an impromptu dance party has waned.

Charlie has recently discovered both how to open cabinets and where we keep the dog treats. Bailey is loving these developments.

She’s on the move.

Tonight Ellen and I attended our first Back to School Night. We were happy to learn Charlotte is not falling behind at not biting other kids.

When Bailey lost her tennis ball under Ellen’s dresser, Charlotte tried to help.

If I had a trusty FlipCam about three-and-a-half years ago, I could have caught Bailey trying the exact same thing.

Off to work she goes.

We learned a new word this week.

Also this week: Charlotte became a semi-regular wearer of shoes. Not sure if “happy” has to do with her love of footwear.

Bailey & Charlie celebrated these milestones.

Good times.

And in tonight’s final video, Charlotte pets her dog, does the twist, and makes a fancy exit.