What Saturdays Are All About

Last Saturday we decided to go to a kite flying event down by the beach.  We've never been, but have heard about it, and apparently it's been going on here for 12 years now.  So we decided to grab one of Emma's kite's and go check it out.

On our way, we found where the sidewalk actually ends.  It made the trip completely worth it.

There were a few bigger kite's being flown by the event people, including a huge manta ray.  I'm amazed they got it up there, because the wind was really pitiful that day. 

At one point they wanted everyone there to launch their kites at the same time, and it was supposed to be this big grand thing I guess, but I was definitely underwhelmed.  There weren't a million people there, and the wind was not cooperating.  I don't think I saw more than maybe 15 kites flying at a time. Usually it was closer to 10.   And afterwards, the announcer kept saying how "magnificent" it was.  Hmm, maybe he needs to get out more often.  

You can see Emma in the middle of the picture, right below the big manta ray kite.  And the green blob to the right of her and a little closer to the camera is the kite we were trying to fly.  Yup, it was on the ground most of the time.

This was during the big kite launch thing.  "Impressive" right?

But it was fine that it didn't turn out like we'd hoped, because it was a beautiful day, the temperature was wonderful, the sun was shining, and we were having fun even though the kite wasn't really the source of that fun.  We had brought some bubbles just for something else to do, and they ended up being great!  

She loved just holding up the bubble wand and letting the wind blow the bubbles out over the lake.

And Emma loved climbing and walking all over the rocks by the lake.  I think it's a kid law that you must seek out and enjoy climbing on rocks like this.  

And since we were so close, we just had to stop by the lake.  Eric wanted to get his feet wet.  If you remember from my last post, he loves doing this.  And Emma has taken after him.  So they went down to wade just a little.  When they were done, Eric decided he didn't want to deal with Emma's sandy feet, so he carried her back to the car.  

That evening I went out for a girls night with a dear friend, and while I did that, Eric took Emma fishing.  It was a free fishing day here - no license required, so Eric definitely wanted to go with Emma.  She said she loved it and wants to go again, even though they didn't catch anything.  There were some nibbles, and that was good enough for Emma.  Luckily they got home before it started to poor rain that night.  

It was a busy day, but a very good kind of busy!