Throughout this past week we've had absolutely gorgeous weather and Benji has been taking full advantage — going to the park, playing in the yard, etc.. The Saturday before last kicked off the beautiful weather and was definitely the best of these gorgeous outdoor days, both in weather and in activity. At the large park on the other side of the county they were having an annual kite festival and it was fantastic! It was free, including a free kite for Benji, and simple but fun. We expected to spend under an hour there, but all three of us liked it so much we spent over two hours!
Admittedly Daddy did way more kite flying than Benji, but Daddy had a great time kite flying (almost got it stuck around a light pole, too). Benji loved running around, watching the kites, and playing with a row of flags or banners right at his height. Partway through the afternoon we walked across the kite flying field to see what else was there and Benji found a small hill that excited him. He climbed up the hill, and back down again, over and over and with minimal help. He's getting to be such a big boy!
Hmm... Let's see what's going on here.
Benji flies his first kite, with a bit of help from Daddy.
Benji just loves wind in his face, and the wind was just perfect for a kite festival.
Benji was particularly fond of the kite tails flapping in the wind.
Daddy, can I help again?
Mommy, please get rid of the dirt on my hand!
Up the hill...
... and back down again.
That's Benji's kite over his shoulder. Pretty nice and flies well for a free kite.
It's kind of weird that we can let Benji run around while we sit on the grass, not needing to chase after him as closely as we once did. He's not nearly as likely to fall, and if he does it's not like I'm going to effectively catch him. So it's nice to find safe locations where we can let him run around a bit on his own.
I just thought this was a nice artsy picture.
Benji walked right up to Daddy and kissed him on the lips with no prompting. How sweet!
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
