Go Fly a Kite

Kenneth Hahn Park

Ok. we are having a tough time adjusting to the time change. Who isn't? We can't get to sleep on time and of course can't get up on time either.

So, just to change the subject for a moment ... We are back in Wii hell. I realized that obsessions for 6 year old's isn't a good thing. I started out letting Papageno play the wii after he finished his homework. It was awesome. He ran in and did his homework in 5 minutes flat. No fuss, no muss. I was in heaven. Then he was off to the wii. I tried limiting the time to an hour. I know, that seems like a long time, but it fly's by and still doesn't give him enough time to accomplish whatever it is he wants to accomplish. Of course in the process Bug is left sitting there by himself wondering where his playmate went. He will watch Papageno for a while, then play by himself and then want to try and play the wii. Which he can't. The controls are too complex for him. I tried to bribe him with a "Diego" game. It doesn't compare with the excitement of "Star Wars". During all of this I was in heaven because I was mostly left alone (tiny little guilty yea!). Eventually I did realize this was probably bad parenting. Plus, one thing I had been proud of was how much fun the boys had together. The wii was killing all of that. So, I implemented a new rule. No wii except for Thursday and and the weekend. (Thursday because Papageno get's off school early so we have more time to kill.)

Today was the first day of the new rule. We went to our favorite park,Kenneth Hahn, the photo above. You see why it's my favorite , it has stunning views of downtown LA. I love sitting there looking over the vista while the kids are running around having a good time.

As you know on Sunday we went to a party, Ava's. As a party gift they gave out kites. What a great idea! Both kids had been wanting to fly them and today was the perfect day. It was windy but not to bad that the kite was blown out of our hands, although close :) Papageno was running around letting the kite go higher and higher. It was really fun to watch. The sheer glee on his face was awesome. Of course Bug wanted to do it too. The wind was a bit to strong for him so he abandoned his efforts and played star wars. Oh well, next year.

So, going back to our opening statement, we went to the park late ... because we could. We got back late and set our whole schedule back an hour., that is dinner, bath and bed Consequently, tomorrow the cycle of exhaustion will continue.

Quote of the day: Bug
Well it's not really a quote, but Bug is trying to decide whether is is a big boy or a baby. He has now decided he is a "bigboy baby".