Today we went to Longwood Gardens to see the beautiful spring flowers. I’ve lived in PA for 10+ years and have never been. Jenn’s lived in PA all her life and has only been once. We’re such bad state citizens!
Anyway, we got there and saw a sign that it was Kite Day. Well, we didn’t really see a sign, Madeline saw a bunch of kites and went running to the kids saying “I want to share a kite.” Thankfully, they had simple kites for sale for $8, so we got Madeline a butterfly kite and the fun began.
Honestly, I had no idea she even knew what a kite is. We try to keep her sheltered from all things “fun”, you see. Must’ve been that pesky daycare! Or maybe the GRANDPARENTS!
Regardless, we are now proud kite owners and Madeline had an absolute blast flying the kite. It was a great day for it, with a wind chill of -40! She was a real pro, too. I thought she would let go of it within the first 5 minutes, but she hung on for dear life as the 50mph winds dragged her across the field.
She then handed the controls over to me so she could teach the butterfly how to fly (yes, really). I think she has a future in coaching.
“GREAT JOB, BUTTERFLY.”
“YOU’RE REALLY DOING IT! YOU’RE FLYING!”
“I’M GOING TO CHASE YOU”
This went on for an hour or so.
Finally, Mommy had the brilliant idea of telling Madeline that it was other kids’ turns and we had to leave and we’d come back later so we could actually, y’know, go look at some flowers. (See the part above where I mention keeping her sheltered from “fun” things).
We then moved on to the other parts of the gardens, which were pretty awesome, even if it was a bit colder than expected. When we got inside the conservatory, Madeline had a great time in the kids garden playing with all the water. She also got a big kick out of smelling all the different kinds of flowers, and there were some real good ones there too.
So here’s what we learned from this trip. KITES = AWESOME!!!!
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