Today we took the kids to the annual
Zilker Park Kite Festival at the
Metropolitan park near downtown in South Austin. The day before was super windy, but it died down and turned out to be a perfect day for the Festival. We even brought Penny Lane!
As you can see there were tons of people out for this FREE festival. I didn't get a picture of all the food stands and festivities, but there was tons to do, see and eat!
We bought Madeline and James these $4 Barbie and Cars kites, they flew great and the kids did awesome holding them!
Doesn't James look like such a big boy flying his kite!? Madeline thought it was a lot of fun.
Penny Lane was popular with the crowds. I think we got stopped every 2 minutes of people wanting to pet and play with her. Tons of people walking by saying, "Ah look at that cute puppy!". And all the dog owners came by to let the dogs sniff and check each other out, they all kept asking what breed she was. And when we told everyone she was a Boxer/Basset Hound they would all respond with surprise and say, "what a really cute mix!". Penny loved all of the attention, even rolling on her back so people would rub her tummy.
Once James' kite would stay up, he'd just sit on the ground and watch it fly.
They had a park & ride for the kite festival. So we took school buses to and from the park. Dogs were welcome. Penny Lane and the kids did great on the bus!
And when we got home, the kids flew their kites in our culdesac with the neighbor kids. What inexpensive entertainment! :)
Today we took the kids to the annual Zilker Park Kite Festival at the Metropolitan park near downtown in South Austin. The day before was super windy, but it died down and turned out to be a perfect day for the Festival. We even brought Penny Lane!
As you can see there were tons of people out for this FREE festival. I didn't get a picture of all the food stands and festivities, but there was tons to do, see and eat!
We bought Madeline and James these $4 Barbie and Cars kites, they flew great and the kids did awesome holding them!
Doesn't James look like such a big boy flying his kite!? Madeline thought it was a lot of fun.
Penny Lane was popular with the crowds. I think we got stopped every 2 minutes of people wanting to pet and play with her. Tons of people walking by saying, "Ah look at that cute puppy!". And all the dog owners came by to let the dogs sniff and check each other out, they all kept asking what breed she was. And when we told everyone she was a Boxer/Basset Hound they would all respond with surprise and say, "what a really cute mix!". Penny loved all of the attention, even rolling on her back so people would rub her tummy.
Once James' kite would stay up, he'd just sit on the ground and watch it fly.
They had a park & ride for the kite festival. So we took school buses to and from the park. Dogs were welcome. Penny Lane and the kids did great on the bus!
And when we got home, the kids flew their kites in our culdesac with the neighbor kids. What inexpensive entertainment! :)
3 comments:
That looked like so much fun! I love flying kites. You are right James does look so big flying his own kite and everything. Sounds like Penny Lane is a wonderful edition to the family :)
I can't believe you acutally got a kite up in the air in our neighborhood. We tried and tried one day, but were never able to fly one high.
It looked like you had a fun day at the park and neighborhood with the kids.
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