As you might recall, last weekend was rather wet and windy. On Sunday, Mushroom and I had just popped out for a quick walk to the shops to pick up some milk, when he remarked ‘Hey, wind, stop that! Stop pushing me!’ I looked back to see him literally ‘pushing’ the wind back… It gave me an idea… ‘Hey Mushroom,’ I said, ‘…shall we get a kite?’ His face lit up.
He’s seen a few kites around lately and was particularly excited when someone’s kite flew off and they had to run all the way across (a very large) park to retrieve it. Apart from when we met the recycled kite man last year (apparently he’s still around. We’ve not seen him though…) he’s never flown a kite himself. I didn’t need to ask twice. We bypassed the shop, headed straight for the local pound shop opposite and found a kite… For just over £1! Bargain.
We headed over to Jubilee Park and on the way, I sung Mushroom ‘Let’s go fly a kite‘ from Mary Poppins, which he loved, and asked me to sing again. and again. I was relieved when we got there and he shifted his attention to unwrapping the kite. ‘It’s a bit scary,’ he said…
A second later he started laughing. ‘I’m not scared! Haha. You think I scared!’ Little comedian.
Here are some photos of us flying the kite!
Of course, we forgot to buy the milk we went out for in the first place! It was worth it though.
I am linking up to Coombe Mill‘s Country Kids with this post. Click on the image below to find out more.
Very cool. I’ve thought about buying a kite for my boys for some time, Hmm, must look into that …
It was very spur of the moment… You could always make one! In fact, I’m thinking we might give that a go next time …
It definitely was perfect kite flying weather last weekend! What a bargain price for a lot of fun, thanks for linking up and sharing your fun with Country Kids.
It was great fun and yes, a bargain too!
I love how you jumped on a good idea! Great fun…something we have actually yet to do! #countrykids
It was! So glad we did it – I’ve been meaning to for ages!
Aww it was SO windy! Its so amazing how one moment its super windy and cold and the next sunny! But we are enjoying both weather too on the beach.
Your kite day looks so fab. I am contemplating on getting one but I am not good with these toys. =) #countrykids
What a bargain! We got my daughter a kite for Christmas, and they are good fun, though it seems to be my husband that does most of the flying! Lovely photos, thanks for sharing with #TheThemeGame
How lovely! You know I don’t think we’ve done this yet with our children-must give it a try. I’m on a hunt for a kite now 🙂 #TheThemeGame
Flying a kite is so much fun! 🙂 xx