Let's Go Fly a Kite

One of my favorite pass times as a kid was flying a kite. We never had a fancy one, but the fact that we went and flew a kite was always fun. We never had the GREAT winds of west Texas though, so half of the fun was trying to get it up in the sky. We used to run and run, only to have it nose dive to the ground as soon as we stopped. It was oh so much fun.


As long as we have had Anna, we never had a kite for her. She saw one at Target that struck her fancy, and so I bought it. It is nothing fancy, but the whole act of flying a kite together is fun...why else would they have a whole song in Mary Poppins devoted to doing just that. Anna had a blast. We never even had to run. West Texas wind is great....it just took the kite and all we had to do was let the line out. It was absolutely wonderful. Today was Anna's first kite-flying day. It was the perfect day for it. Here are a few pictures of Anna having a great time.

Trying to keep her arm up:

Concentrating hard:

The whole picture:

The end result (zoomed in of course):

As you can see, we had a great time. She loved flying a kite and loved trying to keep it up. The West Texas Winds make it so easy too. We followed this with 20 minutes in the park. She should sleep REALLY good tonight.