Great Day But Not For Flying A Kite

Can you believe it, two whole days of sunshine!!! I am so in love with good weather. I love the hot sun burning my skin and the red faces my kids get playing outdoors, even the smell of sweat has its own appeal because I know the rain will surely come again soon.

Today we decided to take Ethan and Luke to the park in Tenino to try and fly a massive kite Sam's dad brought over for Ethan. We grabbed some stuff from Walmart and some energy drinks and we were off.

On the way to the park we passed a garage sale and saw a little boy's bike for sale so we decided to stop in and see what they wanted for it. I only had $2 cash and some change so we figured we would have to go to the bank and come back if we wanted it, amazingly she was asking $3 for it!! We scrounged up some change and Ethan now has a "new" bike! It was in great condition, it needs some training wheels but other than that it was a steal.

So once at the part, Sam and Ethan got the kite ready and Luke and I plopped down on the grass to watch. Luke is always amazed by grass he is never quite sure what to make of it. Well back to the kite, this kite was huge and the breeze was not. Sam was able to get it up in the air a few times but he was running like the roadrunner. Ethan would try but alas, his short little legs (inherited from me) couldn't go fast enough so the kite would fly up and then nose dive quickly. I figured at least Ethan now knows how to fly a kite so it wasn't a total fail. 

We decided to play at the park for a bit and walk to check out the quarry. The quarry is kinda neat, in the summers they open it up for swimming so today it was packed. We decided to go get some food and ice cream and call it a day. I am exhausted but I had another great day with my guys.