Let's Go Fly A Kite

payton enjoying the fresh air (and the last few sucks of the binky)

So the kids got some new kites for easter...they were a dollar at wal-mart. Jaxon got Storm Shadow (from GI Joe), Jayden got Bumblebee (from Transformers) and Kenzie got a barbie kite. So one afternoon they wanted to go fly them. It was really cold outside and looked like it might rain, but we headed over to the school anyway to give it a try. OH MY GOSH! I think total flight time we got up to like 15 minutes combined! I kept telling jayden that he couldn't fly his kite by everyone else...they needed to all spread out or they would get tangled.

jaxon brought his friend and they took turns flying his kite

Shortly after that, Barbie...who had been just fine starts having drama and won't stay up in the air. There was plenty of wind but she just kept crashing. I was trying to help Barbie get off the ground when Jaxon starts yelling that he's having problems. I turn around and see Bumblebee and Storm Shadow fighting in the sky. Jayden hadn't listened to me and had tried to hang out with jaxon and his friend, but had got the two kites all tangled up.

While I left kenz to figure out the barbie drama, to help jaxon and jayden, kenzie decides she's done with barbie drama and tries to throw the kite away. The wind keeps whipping the kites around so that the tangle is just getting worse. that was the quitting point for me...
Kenzie took barbie, I took payton, jayden ran ahead and jaxon dragged bumblebee and storm shadow home......
as we left the field, big ol' cold rain drops started to fall. Yep, it was that kind of experience!