Kids (and parents) and kites

Have you guessed that there has been a lull in our family-on-the-go activities since the summer peak? It's true, and it has a lot to do with Levynn's school schedule. (Speaking of which, four weeks have come and gone, and she loves it!)

But we snapped out of it in a big way today.

We started at Mayor Daley's Kids and Kites Festival in Lincoln Park, which was terrific. The city provided free materials and booths so kids could make their own kites, and ING Direct also gave away ready-to-go models. There was a huge area to fly the kites, including a hill that Mom and Dad each ran down with Levynn.




(Look at that kid behind Levynn above, and look at Lincoln below.)



This is the view from the hill, which is about 1 1/2 miles north of us.

There was more to do at the festival than make and fly kites. But we decided to hustle back to the main road and catch the two buses we needed to get back to our neighborhood so Levynn and Dad could see the Mad Hatters perform at our local library branch. The Mad Hatters are a Junior League of Chicago group of goofy-hat-wearing women who promote reading to children, and they acted out silly stories as they were read aloud. They also asked the kids to shout "Change your hats!" after each story, and Levynn was the star of that effort. (Lincoln and Mom read books in the children's department.)