Kite Flying at Century Square

Last Saturday we ventured out to join the many people flying kites at Century Square, just a short drive from our house. We had our new hawk kite ready for her maiden flight. Scott and Seth worked hard to get her in the air, with no small amount of attention and advice from the Chinese people who were there with their own kites.
Madelyn made some pretty good efforts with a phoenix kite.
Kite flying can be frustrating, as can missing your nap.

Hmmm... the phoenix kite doesn't seem to be getting very far off the ground.
So maybe our hawk doesn't fly as some of the other kites, but isn't it cool?
Still trying with the phoenix...
The hawk is coming in for the kill... Look at all the kites in the sky!
This guy was selling roasted sweet potatoes (or "too-tatoes", as Gwen calls them) from the back of his bike. I was sorely tempted.

There were also several kite vendors selling their wares from the back of their bikes. We bought a new string reel from one of them, and line of ten small kites strung together from another. These ten little kites Madelyn and I managed to tangle in about two minutes, with no hope of untangling them again, outside in the breeze. I'll try to get to that task before we go kite flying again!
Seth intent on the hawk's flight.