It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s, um, a whole sky full of kites!
This many kites at any one time can only mean one thing…it was time for the 81st Annual Zilker Kite Festival in Austin, Texas. Residents of the greatest city on Earth look forward to the festival all winter long, as it’s our first sign that Spring has arrived.
We had never before visited the Festival, but we decided that this was the perfect year to start a new family tradition. We grabbed the super cool airplane kite that Zack received for his birthday and headed down to Zilker Park.
When we arrived at the Festival, we were in awe at some of the very cool kites. My favorite was this pirate ship.
And this was the coolest kite EVER (I have no idea who this dude is, but he looks kinda cool in my photo).
Look, Mom! Twins!
We had a great time checking out all the kites. There were even “professional” kite handlers there who were doing kite tricks and even waging combat with Japanese Fighting Kites. Who knew there was even such a thing as that? Not me (but apparently Tom knew…’cause he knows EVERYTHING. LOL)
Once Zack visited the Port-a-Potty half a dozen times, we decided that we were ready to join in the fun. Tom and Zack put the airplane kite together.
We should have known that when you have to read the directions to assemble the kite, there’s going to be nothing but trouble afterward.
Tom tried to fly the kite.
And tried.
And tried.
And gave up.
So, I tried.
And tried.
And, I gave up, too. Zack decided he wanted to try it on his own.
And we all know how that ended, right?
Being as that we didn’t see any other airplane kites in the air, we decided that they were too hard to fly. You know, the kite was the problem, not the pilots. Clearly.
Luckily, they were selling kites at the park, so Tom bought us a new one.
Again, Tom tried.
But this time, he had success!
Woo Hoo!
After all of that hard work, we were sunburned, exhausted, and ready to go home. We had to ride shuttle buses from a Park-and-Ride to get to the park, but since we were leaving the Festival so early (you don’t get to stay anywhere very long when you have a 3 year old!), we figured there wouldn’t be a long line to get back on the buses.
Oh, well. Sometimes you just have to throw your inhibitions (and a couple of kites) to the wind and do what makes you happy.
This is just one way I’ve lived a Beautiful Life with my family this week. Chec
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What a fun day with your family- and lots of great pictures- Looks like a great day for kite flying- big beautiful blue sky-
Oh how fun! Our girls love to fly kites….and then our dog jumps around and barks and goes crazy. It’s fun building memories with family! Have a great weekend!
THey are so pretty.
Thanks for sharing this fun post!
That’s just too cool. What a great way to spend an early spring day. It’s actually going to be 60 here today, so we’re dreaming of spring!
Glad you had fun, now let’s see that moss!
How fun! I don’t know that I have ever successfully flown a kite, so I’m impressed. It’s beautiful!
(visiting from Inspired room)
I love it!!! The pic of Tom is priceless. What a fun family outing!!!
Amazing kites! I didn’t even know there were so many kinds!
Great pictures! Wonderful post! This so reminded me of flying kites with my kids when they were young. It was an inexpensive way to spend an afternoon making memories. Thanks for the visit down memory lane!
How great, and what cool kites. I bet that was lots of fun!
What a great family day! It looks like a lot of fun! I’m amazed by all those kites. Your pictures came out wonderful. It must have been quite a sight in person! Visiting from Inspired Room…I’ve seen you comment on a few other blogs I’ve discovered! Cute blog!
What neat kites. I love that ship one. What a neat event to see all the kites. I can never seem to fly one. The last time I tried it landed in a lake. LOL! By the way I got the plates. I LOVE THEM, I am so thrilled that I was the chosen one. Can wait to get them hung…I know exactly where they will go, as soon as we get into our new house they are the first thing I will hang. I am living with my mother in law right now, but as soon as we get into our house I will get them up asap…I told my husband the dining area must be done first so I can hang my plates…He just looked at me with a smile because he knows how excited I am about them. CANT WAIT, and again thank you. They are in good hands.
Much Love,
Ashley Nichole.
Great pictures!!!
Wow! It reminds me of sitting on the lawn at Seaport Village in San Diego. It was so relaxing to watch the kites dance in the sky.
You do go over at Christmas and spin under the tree, don’t you? And buy hot chocolate. That’s one thing I miss and that our youngest has never done.
And the Herb Fair…miss that too…