Kite Festival

that blasted spot is still on my camera. totally ruined the pictures. sorry.

huge kites.

We were so excited to go to the kite festival in D.C. this year. We have missed it in years past and were excited that it was supposed to be good weather and we had Grandma in town. Siena was so excited about it. The weather was not as good as it looked. It was in the 50's and the wind was gusty so the big huge kites that were in the competition had a hard time staying up. We had a $2 Toys R Us Princess kite and it did fine. It was so beautiful with the Washington monument and hundreds of kites flying around it. It was fun to see all the different types of kites. We drove in to D.C. and met some friends. They were celebrating their daughters first birthday so they had lunch and kite cupcakes. It was a fun party and the kids ran around and played. Grandma decided to come down for the cherry blossom festival and so we got to have Uncle Steve around too. Ben thought this was awesome. Ben could care less about the kites. He and uncle Steve played soccor the whole time. After the fun on the national mall we went and walked around the tidal basin and saw the cherry blossoms. It was still a little early to get them in full bloom but they were pretty and it was crazy busy with people. We had a great day together and the kids did really well being outside all day without any naps. Dave was kite cutting with friends at the end and cut the top of our princess kite so we need to go find another $2 kite.