Kite Festival

My high school friend, Michelle, and her two girls drove up on Saturday for a visit with mom and me. It was raining in the morning but by noon the rain had stopped so we packed a picnic lunch and headed to Lee's Summit for the kite festival. It was fabulous!! It was windy which is a good thing for kites and it was cloudy which made it easier to stare up into the sky to watch them fly!

The sky was filled with hundreds of kites - from paper kites that the children made themselves to a giant squid that was the size of a small house!

They also had fun activities for kids - face painting, balloon animals, kite making, candy drop, etc. Abbi had beautiful eye swirls painted on her face while Danielle had a bright orange, yellow and green butterfly. I really wanted to have my own face painted but they said it was only for the kids! Darn the luck!

Both the girls had a frog made out of a balloon but when a younger child burst into tears as her balloon animal popped, the girls gave her theirs. They are such sweet girls!! I had a fabulous time catching up with Michelle and getting to spend time with her girls.