On Tuesday, I took Annie to get her pictures done for her birthday.

She’s pretty cute.

I was hoping to sort of mimic the look from Maggie’s 1 year photos.

She’s pretty cute too.

Annie had a check up on Monday.

She’s still a little peanut. She only weighs 15 lbs 8 oz and is 27 inches long.

Annie is meeting all her milestones and walking like a champ. She’s a pretty fantastic baby, I mean toddler (sob).

How old is Daddy?
Adam: 39
Luke: 40
Maggie: 11

 How tall is Daddy?
Adam: 5 ft
Luke: 33 ft
Maggie: 8 ft

What color is Daddy’s hair?
Adam: Brown
Luke: Brown
Maggie: Brown

What color are Daddy’s eyes?
Adam: Brown
Luke: Brown
Maggie: I think brown.

What is Daddy’s favorite color?
Adam: Orange
Luke: Orange
Maggie: Orange

What Daddy’s favorite song?
Adam: I don’t know.
Luke: Good question. Hello Dolly?
Maggie: Oh dear, please come out of the door. I have no idea what this means, I think it’s in reference to “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” from Frozen

What is Daddy’s favorite TV Show?
Adam: Sports
Luke: Soccer
Maggie: Daddy shows

What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?
Adam: Play outside.
Luke: Watch TV.
Maggie: Play catch.

What is something Daddy always says to you?
Adam: Keep your elbows up. When he’s batting at baseball.
Luke: Calm down. Or chill out. Or Luke.
Maggie: Don’t play with JoJo if her’s relaxin’.

What is Daddy’s job?
Adam: He’s in the military, the Air Force.
Luke: To work.
Maggie: To make us clean our room.

What is Daddy’s favorite food?
Adam: Salad. No, vegetables.
Luke: Pasta
Maggie: Tacos

What is Daddy’s favorite drink?
Adam: Diet Coke
Luke: Soda. No, no no, diet coke.
Maggie: Diet Coke

What does Daddy like to wear?
Adam: Short sleeve shirt and shorts.
Luke: A blue shirt, a blue not long sleeve shirt and black pants. No, black short pants.
Maggie: When he goes to work, he likes to wear his work suit.

What does Daddy do for fun?
Adam: He plays video games.
Luke: Goes to the pool.
Maggie: He does something silly.

Where does Daddy like to go?
Adam: Grandma and Grandpa’s house
Luke: That Chinese place. He meant the Chinese restaurant near our house.
Maggie: Chick-fil-A

What do you do to make Daddy laugh?
Adam: Do something funny.
Luke: When I slide in baseball.
Maggie: When daddy and I play catch and I fall over.

What makes Daddy so smart?
Adam: His job.
Luke: That he builds Legos with me.
Maggie: Because he knows 2+2, it’s 1, 2, 3, 4. It’s 4.

What makes Daddy happy?
Adam: When we eat good at dinner.
Luke: I not being obnoxious.
Maggie: When he plays on his phone.

Why do you love Daddy?
Adam: Because he helps me out with stuff when I need help.
Luke: Because he’s a hard worker and he helps me.
Maggie: Because my heart loves you, but my heart loves daddy more.

And here are the kids’ past responses:

2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

Here’s Luke’s 7-year-old Bear in the Chair picture.

And here are some older ones, for fun.

Adam had a doctor’s appointment and we ran into two service animals in the lobby. I’ve seen therapy dogs and bunnies before, but this was a new one.

On our way home we stopped to pick up some groceries. The cashier let Adam come behind the counter and scan all our items. He loved it.

Annie is walking all over the place now.

More pool time!

We spent four hours at baseball today. Both boys had good games.

Maggie asked to be twins again this morning.

Maggie attended a fairy princess themed dance camp this past week.

They did crafts and learned a short dance routine.

On the last day, they were allowed to dress up.

Maggie picked her favorite princess, Jasmine.

She had such a great time.

Here’s the routine they learned.

We sat in on a drawing class and learned to draw Lucy van Pelt.

We were able to meet a bunch of the characters after the class.

Charlie Brown really liked Luke’s shirt.

Annie was not impressed.

Not even when Linus offered her his blanket.

Their drawings turned out pretty good!

Annie wasn’t able to go on the rides, since we didn’t have socks or shoes for her. We were able to get her on the carousel* by hiding her feet in Dave’s hat.

The kids practiced their lasso skills – with some help from Linus.

Linus also liked Luke’s shirt – and stole his hat.

When he gave it back, he insisted it needed to be sideways – like Charlie Brown wears his.

It was a super fun day.

*I wasn’t sure what the difference was between merry-go-rounds and carousels. Fun fact: Merry-go-rounds usually turn clockwise (from the outside, animals face to the left), while carousels typically go counterclockwise (animals face to the right).

The kids had front row seats for a show by the Peanuts’ characters (it wasn’t all that crowded).

Sally is now Maggie’s favorite.

While Snoopy is still Luke’s favorite.

These speech bubbles were all over the park. Adam thought this one was funny.

We met Pigpen! He was in the petting zoo area, next to a pig (fitting).

We extended Luke’s birthday celebration with a surprise trip to a local amusement park.

The park has a Peanuts’ theme, so it was perfect for Luke.

Maggie was not happy about the height restrictions at the park. She really wanted to go on the roller coaster behind her with the boys.

She did go on a bunch of rides though, and was not a fan of the log ride.

While the boys were on another non-Maggie friendly ride, she went on this one – four times in a row.

We had a really great day. The weather wasn’t bad, the park wasn’t crowded, and the kids were really, really well behaved (excluding Maggie’s height induced meltdowns – or maybe including, they were pretty funny).

I have more pictures (and videos too), so get excited about that. They’re a lot of fun.