Thursday, March 25, 2010

Wind needed, rain sweeps through instead!

Today was "Kite Day" at school and Joshua was so excited. The past two nights he has told me that he wanted to get a smaller kite than the one we already had, a Lightning McQueen kite we bought last year. I told him that his kite wasn't too big, but that we would look at it and decide if it would work. This morning, as I am running around in my usual state of last minute school preparation, I go to the garage to look at the kite. I pull the kite down and realize that the kite has no string. I went in and told Joshua that I would get him a new one because his didn't have string, and he was overjoyed! He knew exactly what kind of kite he wanted...a light blue and light red kite in a diamond shape. I told him that I would look for one, but if they didn't have one like that that I would get something close. That seemed to be good for him, so we went to school. I went to Toys R Us to go kite shopping, knowing that Taylor would likely want a kite, too. I actually found one that fit the bill! It was a diamond shaped kite with US Air Force planes on it and it had the right colors! Yea! Gold star for mom. As I was looking around the kites for Taylor, she spotted a Pooh Bear kite that she wanted...when I picked it up, there was a Mickey kite behind that that trumped Pooh Bear. She we left the store with two brand new kites and cloudy skies ahead. We arrived at the school just in time as Ms Garrett was rushing out to see if it was raining. I told her that it had rained some, but that at the moment, it wasn't raining. So, we all rushed out to the field to get some kite flying in before the rain came. Without much wind at all, the kites were mostly dragging on the ground and many of the kids were getting frustrated, including my own son who was whining that his kite wouldn't fly. We got it up in the air and he did get some air under the kite for a few runs and that made him happy. Taylor kept getting frustrated when her kite wouldn't fly long and after about 15 minutes, she called it quits and wanted to be held. That's when the rain started falling...first just a light rain which eventually picked up speed and a good steady rain was coming down. We all decided to head back to the school and so the whole kite adventure lasted about 30 minutes. At least the kids got to get outside and give it a try for awhile. It's hard to have a scheduled kite day when you just don't know what the whether is going to do, but the kids had fun and Joshua had the option of coming home early from school, but opted to stay and watch a movie and get dessert...I don't blame him! I got a few cute pictures and tried to take some video for Daddy to see. Now it's some downtime while Taylor and I wait to go get Joshua from school soon. She sitting watching the "Pooh's Hefalump Movie" and I'm typing away as Bailey sits on the floor beside the couch.

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