we went to kite festival this morning. such fun - free event! - down at zilker park. ellie took along a friend, and we met up with more friends once we got there. jonah and sadie (and parents) hung with us for most of the time, and tim and molly showed up for a bit as well.
we walked around a bit, there was hula-hooping station we stopped at, many food vendors (but we packed our own picnic - gourmet feast of pb&j, thank you!), lots of loud music broadcast by one of the local radio stations, and THOUSANDS of kites in the sky!
upon arriving, we found a great place to lay out the quilt and get settled in. kaleb, in fact, laid down on his back to take it all in! he and i laid there for several minutes pointing at the various kites in the sky. we saw some that looked like jets/airplanes, lots of princesses, some fish, and one pirate ship - pretty cool. and in the center ring, as if a main attraction at the circus, there were several HUGE kites - like with 10+ strings attached to each one. one was a friendly devil, there was a blowfish (he never got off the ground), a couple of geometrically-shaped ones with long, flowing tails. all were pretty impressive.
one of the vendors was passing out free kite kits, so we grabbed a few and headed back to our base. eric and the kids assembled them, but we could never get one to take off. we tried everything! finally, the man on the blanket behind us said, "there's not a single one of those in the sky for a reason. they don't really work." so noted. the kids had fun trying, though :)
kaleb crashed in the car before we ever left the parking lot, and the girls talked about kites most of the ride home. successful morning outing!
