"Annabeth!" Percy called up the stairs, his keys clenched in his hand.
"Yes!"
"We have got to get in the car now or we'll miss the fireworks!" He said as he began edging toward the door.
"Then you get Thalia ready!" Annabeth fired back at him, her voice full of utter annoyance and frustration.
"Fine I will!" He called as he ran up the stairs and into the grey colored bedroom that belonged to his youngest child, his first and only little girl.
"Thal's," He said to her as she squirmed underneath her mothers grip, "You've got to get dressed right now." The little girl just looked up at her father and let out a small coo. Percy sighed internally; he knew that his little six-month-old daughter was not old enough to understand what he was saying.
"C'mere, Thal's, come to dadda." Percy said as he lifted the little girl out of her mother's arms and into his own.
"I'll get the boys in the car," Annabeth said as she began to descend the stairs.
"All right Thal's now lets get you ready," Percy cooed to his daughter as he began to pick out her clothes. A little red, white, and blue sundress that had a nice little blue jacket for when they went outside to see the fireworks. As soon as Percy began dressing little Thalia she started wailing, throwing her fists, and even kicking him. Percy knew what he had to do and soon he began to tickle her. Softly at first, then it transformed into a full-blown tickle war that was filled with raspberries and screaming laughs.
"Percy!"
"Yes!" He called down the stairs as he quickly dressed their little girl in her dress and jacket.
"Are you ready yet?"
"Here we are mommy, see it was easy you were just stressing yourself out."
"Right, so that's why her dress is on backwards then? Because it was so easy?" Annabeth said cheekily, as she grabbed the baby from him and gave him a kiss that left him slightly dazed.
"And that's why we have three kids." Percy said as she walked out the door and he followed her with a grin on his face.
