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.

This sweet boy turned 7 today!

He really is the most thoughtful, kind kid I know. He adores his baby sister and is always thinking about other people (for example, today he based his birthday lunch selection on which restaurant Adam would like to eat at).

So it was nice to celebrate and spoil this amazing kid today.

He picked a peanut butter cup ice cream cake for today.

The candles couldn’t stick in the frozen topping, so I mom-Gyvered a fix with some cookies. Luke thought it made his cake even more awesome.

Happy Birthday Luke-Luke, you give the absolute best hugs and I am so lucky that I get to be your mom.

Each of the kids picked a horse for the Belmont Stakes today (they did it for the Kentucky Derby and Preakness too). Maggie was devastated when her horse didn’t win the Preakness (there were tears).

She had better luck today.

I’m never taking this girl to the races, I’d go broke.

The boys both attended Camp Invention again this year. It was Adam’s third year and Luke’s second.

They participated in a variety of activities. Each camper was given a robotic dog. The dogs didn’t work, so the kids took them apart, diagnosed the problem, fixed the pup up, and then adopted and decorated them.

They designed mini mansions and outfitted them with gadgets and LEDs.

Each camper also got an Optibot. It’s a self-driving bot that senses changes in light.

They did a lot of fun things this week, so rather than me talking about it, I figured I’d let them.

The girls and I walked to the playground near our house yesterday for a picnic lunch. It’s a little over half a mile away and Maggie did really well (she did get a little tired on the way back, but she walked it all).

Of course I had to try to get a nice picture of the girls, since they looked so cute.

Maggie loved pushing Annie on the swing.

I’m pretty sure Annie could have hung out in the swing all day.

Oh you know, just keeping up with the Joneses.

Last Saturday, we made our first trip to the pool.

Annie loved it.

On Sunday, we went to see a play, “Camelot and Camelittle.” It was really cute.

Not as cute as this little bird though.

Last Friday the kids and I participated in a walk to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s at our local mall.

At the end of the walk (which took us about an hour), they got cupcakes.

Dave got there right when we finished the walk and was able to have lunch with us.

It was a nice way to spend the morning.