Let's Go Fly a Kite

A couple of Saturdays ago was Earth Day and what better way to spend it than flying a kite! Liam got an airplane kite for Easter but there wasn't enough wind while we were in Boise to have the opportunity to fly it. Well Pocatello is definitely NOT lacking in that department so we took it up to the Wellness Complex here in town to fly it for the first time instead. In fact, the wind was SO strong and crazy that day that the kite was tough to reel back in once it was in the air. haha

Perhaps the most crucial part of this story that needed to be documented happened while Nic was trying to reel the kite back down a bit so Liam could see it up close and help him fly it. While the kite was high in the sky Liam was happily running around underneath and trying to "chase" it. As he often does, he got distracted for a moment by all of his running and stopped dead in his tracks (many yards away from us at this point in this big open field) and saw something he wanted to pick up. He still loves finding sticks to carry around whenever we are at a park so he proudly bends over and picks up a short fat brown object in his hand and starts waving it in the air at us with this big grin on his face. It seemed a little TOO fat and short to be a stick (if you know what I mean!) so I ran over to him as fast as my pregnant body would allow to investigate while Nic was still trying to get the kite under control. I get a few feet away and see several more of those big fat brown sticks in a pile by his feet. Yes, my friends, Liam had in fact picked up a giant piece of dog poop and was carrying it around!!! haha

The silver lining of this first time parent experience is that it was old and hard so it didn't get all over his hands (it could have been SO much worse!) but I still hauled him as quick as I could back to the car to clean his hands. That there is a two year old boy for you, ladies and gentleman!!!

After that, all was right in the world and he got to fly his new kite with daddy for the first time and loved every single minute of it! So thankful to live on this beautiful Earth and to have so many more beautiful sunny days ahead of us to spend time outside!