Grab Your Kites!

Do you know where your kids’ kites are? April is National Kite Month and one of my family’s most favorite times of the year. (Now, if we could only get the snow to melt and the temperatures to rise above freezing we’d really be in business.) Spring is one of the best times to get out and let your kite carve through the crisp April air. And while you don’t have to travel any farther than your own backyard (if it is large enough) to set your kite soaring there are some places around the country that kite-flying experts consider … Continue reading

Let’s Go Fly A Kite!

“Let’s go fly a kite up to the highest heights. Let’s go fly a kite and send it soaring. Up to the atmosphere, up to where the air is clear, oh let’s go fly a kite.” Do you remember the words to that song? I’m not sure I have them exactly right, but what I can remember, I am teaching to my 2-year-old daughter as we countdown the days to our local kite festival. With the last of winter hopefully behind us we are looking forward to spending a sunny day watching hundreds of kites take to the sky. Event … Continue reading