Kite Flying

For the second year in a row Gracie and I took to the skies in Strasburg.

Well, we tried anyway. The wind wasn't exactly cooperating today, but Gracie got her Strawberry Shortcake kite soaring for quite a while, and I would say she got it up higher than any of the other kites. Seriously, sometimes those dollar store kites are the best ones to have!

Gracie had a good time, but also like last year she was off and finding flowers after only 15 minutes of kite fun. She went back and forth between the flowers (and weeds) and letting Strawberry go higher and higher until the wind all but stopped an hour after we arrived.

Mommy decided to pack it in, although Gracie was very unhappy. If it hadn't been so late in the afternoon, the park wasn't so amazingly packed, and she wasn't so tired I would have let her play on the playground for a while. After all Daddy was home with Thomas watching the Bristol Race.

It was a great spring day, and I decided to treat her to some ice cream before heading home. The stingy part of me decided to stop off at Food Lion and get a half gallon. After all for the same amount as a sundae or cone somewhere, we could get enough for the family. Plus, the had buy one get one free!

You know, I feel for all of these people who are struggling with this economy--if you need any budget tips you can ask me, I have been stingy all my life, and I make one income work for a family of four :)