The conditions were ideal.
The participants were eager.
But the vehicle and methodologies were just not gelling.
3 of 8 thought it would a fun time to take the twins kite flying out in the front yard. The wind had been whipping through the trees. The twins were restless. I thought 3 of 8 was a genius.
But the twins seemed to struggle with the concept of letting the kite, ah, fly. They thought of it as more an exercise in pulling the kite back down to earth once it had gained a little air.
And then 8 of 8 thought that somersaults on the concrete were appropriate for the occasion.
What can you do with a kid in Spiderman underwear? He feels invincible.
After some coaching from 3 of 8, the twins seemed to get the message that kites are made to fly. Not to drag back to earth by their tails.
I know.
It seems a little legalistic and limiting.
But it is part of the kite rules.
So the kite flew, unimpeded by the twin tail-pullers. It sailed. It soared. It rode the currents.
Until it got stuck in the tree.
Where it still rests.
Maybe it's just afraid to come down, in case the twins are out.
Ha!! You (and the twins) crack me up!! ROFL!
ReplyDeleteJust be glad you can get the silly thing up in the air at all...
ReplyDeleteLove the somersault shot. I got stuck in a somersault under a piano bench once. And what does my mother do? Runs and gets her big analog camera and takes a picture of me. Stuck.
ReplyDeleteWe have lotsa kite-flying pics from Marches gone by. That's what March is for! xoxo
I don't know. Putting your head on the sidewalk and waving your totally rad underwear in the air seems like a stellar method. Why it didn't work is beyond me!
ReplyDeleteLOL! LOVE #8 standing on his head in his underwear! Too cute :)
ReplyDeleteWe took ours kite flying last week and Emma (our twin) promptly got it caught in a tree as well. LOL
I guess I'm like your little one b/c I've never been able to fly a kite for like more than 10 seconds. I'm sure the dudes would love it if we could get it off the ground. The last time we tried it was me, running my fastest (which isn't that fast) back and forth in my yard for 5 minutes before I exhausted myself. They ditched me to ride scooters.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! We are ready to go fly kites, hopefully this weekend!
ReplyDeleteThat's where our kites always end up too! Fun pictures...
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to spend a spring day!
ReplyDeleteLOL luv it that he's out playing in his underwear My son does that all the time
ReplyDelete3 of 8 IS a genius!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is so funny! I have had so many years of trying to fly kites that I have completely given up!
ReplyDeleteLindsey Petersen
Your kids are just like Charlie Brown in peanuts and the kite eating trees. :)
ReplyDeleteWe went to the kite festival in DC at the Washington Monument last weekend. Wall to wall people, but the kids had fun. Their favorite part seems to be riding the metro, with the escalators and elevators.