31 December 2008 Kite-Flying
“Hey schmuck!” my dad explained, “will you put some pictures of your kids on your…[he hesitates to actually utter the word "blog" because it sounds silly and isn't in the OED]…” “Blog?” I supply helpfully. “Indeed.”
I have been remiss, with work impinging on my hobbies, but here is one big post to round out the year. I don’t know the origins, but in Japan it’s a tradition to go kite-flying on the new year. Genbo picked out this big kite at Cosco a couple days ago, and he was raring to give it a fly. So, we went down to the lake to try it out. With us was Ikuko, daughter of our potter friend Kamada-san.
This beret is the hat Genbo is supposed to wear to daycare, but he doesn’t like it and I can’t blame him.
Don’t know what’s making her laugh and him look so forlorn, but it makes a cute tableau.
There wasn’t really enough wind for the kite, which is pretty big and heavy. We all had fun running around with it, though.
Even little Zoe….
This is Genbo plotting what he would do if there were actually enough wind for the kite….
