So we watched Mary Poppins about a month ago and of course, Myra loved it. I had taught her the songs "Supercalifragilistic Expialidocious" and "Let's Go Fly a Kite" before she saw the movie and she was thrilled to see them being sung in the movie although she informed me that Mary Poppins sings it the wrong way--turns out I didn't know the words as well as I thought. On countless occasions, she's asked to get a kite because of this movie and last weekend we even helped the neighbor girl fly hers. It was a lot of fun! This is surprising because A: I thought Myra would get bored with it quick and B: I NEVER enjoy spending time around the neighbor girl, but this time was pretty fun. Anyway, that sealed the deal for me, we had to get Myra a kite. Thanks to the great Easter Egg Hunt thrown by Christina's Mom's Club, we didn't even have to buy one.
At the Hunt, Myra found a prize egg and she chose a cute little Strawberry Shortcake kite as her prize. It turns out it was a perfect day for kite flying. The wind was blowing HARD all day long. In fact, one of the dads at the picnic tied a kite to a pole and it stayed up for more than an hour. She found a kite-eating tree in about 5 minutes but luckily, I was able to snatch life from the jaws of death. Later, one of the kids stepped on the string and disconnected the hook from the kite and you'd have thought that Myra had broken her arm. The tears flowed fast and furious until we were able to reattach the kite in emergency surgery. We had so much fun that later that day we headed up to Inspiration Point (the cool hill that overlooks Carswell) and flew it again.
Seeing Myra running around like mad trying to keep her kite aloft really brought back the memories. I remember making a kite from paper, string, and dowel rods in Cub Scouts that looked just like a Charlie Brown kite. Predictably, I crashed it into the massive cedar tree by my house 5 minutes after launch. It turns out that I'm MUCH better at flying kites now.
Daddy teaching Myra the ins and outs of kite flying ... 
GO GO GO! 
Hmmmm .... 
That's what I'm talkin' about ... 
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