Let's Go Fly A Kite...Or Maybe Not

OK, this requires some backstory.  Awhile back, Jared bought the boys kites and told them when it was windy enough, they could go fly them.  Well, Bridger carried his around for days and ended up losing some pieces.  So Jared replaced it and put it up so we could wait for a windy day.  So when Bridger saw how windy it was today, he said "It's windy so I can fly my kite."  So Jared took some time off work this afternoon and we took the kids down to the park with their kites.

So Jared first decides to try out the kite in front of the house.  As soon as he starts flying it, Bridger freaks out.  He is crying and screaming that it will blow away and to bring it down.  So Jared does.  Right into a tree. lol  Kellen is holding his kite in the package, safe and sound.  When Bridger sees how carelessly (lol) Kellen is holding it (in his hand), Bridger can't stand it, so he grabs on to Kellen's kite and holds on for dear life.  When Kellen tries to convince him to let go, he is crying that it will blow away and he refuses to let go.  I tried to convince him that it wouldn't blow away and it was fine, but he just could not believe it.

So we're still optimistic, so we load up in the wagon and head to the park.  (We also had our nephew Tanner since his Mom and Dad were at the hospital.  Luckily, everything was fine.)  Jared is carrying the kite.  Bridger is freaking out that it will blow away, so Jared lets him hold it so he can know it is secure.  This seems to calm him down until we get there.

When we get there, Jared starts trying to fly it and Bridger tries desperately to try to convince him to take it down.  Bridger is screaming and crying to take it down and put it back inside where it won't blow away.  Jared even tells him that if it blows away, we'll buy him a new one.  When Jared gave Kellen a turn with the string, Bridger was still freaking out.  It was the funniest thing.  Bridger even tried my line on me, "Let's just put it inside and bring it again next time."  Hilarious.

Even Kincade took a turn flying it.  And, wow, they got that kite as high as I've ever seen a kite.  By this point, Bridger was too traumatized watching, so he had distracted himself by making sure the sand toys didn't blow away, or the wagon, or his shoes, or anything else.  I kept trying to explain to him that those things were heavy enough and they wouldn't blow away, but he couldn't be convinced.  I've never seen a kid so relieved when they had to leave the park.

Here are some pictures.  I made sure to include some of Bridger sitting and standing on his kite to hold it down and also carrying it to the park.  I love how happy Kincade looks to be flying the kite.  A good moment.