Kite Flying with Dad

This is a kite that has been in my family since the 80's. My Dad got it in Denver when my little sister was a kid... and she's in her 30's now. It was missing the cross bar and a tail, so after trying to get a really cool flower shaped kite up with no luck because the design is wrong to keep an uplift I cut it apart and used a part of the kite and sewed it onto this old kite for a tail. Then I found a dowel from one of my crafts and whittled it to fit into the kite sleeves... and up we go.

So as grateful we are when Lulu & Leo's Dad comes out to play with us, because we know he has many other tasks to do around the farm, sometimes the rest of us don't get to do anything but watch Mr Control* play.

The wind was waxing and waning on this day so this is about as high as the kite flew. It was probably about 1 1/2 hrs from starting with the flower kite to getting this 1980's kite up in the air, so needless to say the babies were tired of watching Dad and following him around. We had to go inside for naps. And that's just the way it is some days,(right mom's out there!) at least we got some fresh air outdoors.