Everyday is Daddy's Day, Especially Today

Pyper loves being with her Daddy and checking out airplanes.

Daddy was working this fine Sunday, so we grabbed some lunch provisions and headed to the Donaldson Center Airport. We first gave Daddy a flower, a homemade card, and a Lego plane to build.  

The best part of giving a present is opening it and then being able to play with it.  She's already paying attention to the instructions!

Just as we were finishing up the little Lego plane, the work phone chimed and Andy was paged to head to Naples, Florida.  Pyper then said, "Daddy's going to fly naked!"  Naples, naked, I hear the similarities.  About 10 minutes later, as the crew was loading up, the flight got cancelled.  This is actually a regular occurance when we are visiting.  We are always disappointed that our visit was so short, but then super happy our visit is extended.  

We continued our visit with a tricycle ride to the different airplanes sitting on the ramp.  The first plane we visited was the Bonanza, which Pyper repeated back as "the banana plane."  It's actually funny because the plane was yellowish in color.  She next rode to the Lear Jet, then finally back to Andy's King Air 90.  It wasn't long ago those tricycle pedals were just out of reach for her little legs to get any purchase, but now she's the perfect height and strength to make that thing cruise.

Did you know the first Father's Day was celebrated in Washington State in 1910?