Enjoying a taste of Spring

I have been a little blog lazy lately, so I have a bunch of stuff to post. Make sure you keep scrolling down to see what our crazy little family has been doing lately!

Saturday was such a great day. We knew that it was supposed to be warm, so we made plans to go on a family bike ride. Well, it started to get really windy and a little cloudy, so we just hung around the house for a while. Around 3:00, the wind let up a little, and I had the idea to try to fly a kite. We jumped in the car and headed up to Elk Ridge Park. I expected it to be full of people with the same idea, but there was only one other family at the playground. The boys played on the slides while Ben got the kite up. It was perfect kite flying weather! The kite seemed like it would never come down! Benjamin ran around with the string in his hands, and I took a turn flying it while sitting on a park bench. Every now and then the sun would peek through the clouds and it felt so nice and warm!!

After we flew the kite for about an hour, we jumped back into the car and decided to go get a treat. Ben introduced his boys to one of the best things about warm weather: Slurpees! All of us picked a flavor and enjoyed them on the way back to the house. Little boys REALLY like slurpees! When Ben asked B what his favorite part of the day was, he said it was the slurpee. We finished off the day by dusting off the BBQ for the first grill of the season.

Boy, I am so ready for summer to come! Especially since it is snowing outside as I write this :(

Christopher at the playground



As the wind blew, there were some dried leaves that would get caught by the breeze and flutter just above the ground. Christopher thought this was fascinating, and played with the leaves more than the kite.

B is a pro kite-flyer! He only let go of the string once. I was busting up laughing as I watched Ben go running after the kite so it wouldn't fly away.