Out and About: International Kite Festival 2011

Once again we headed over to Muizenberg to go and look at the awesome kites at the International Kite Festival.  I think I have become a little jaded (Sean would say spoilt!) but I found this years one not nearly as awesome as last years kite festival but that didn't mean that my children didn't.  I know that when next year comes rolling in, we will definitely be there again.

 I couldn't resist joining the children's queue to get a photo with Scoooooobbbby Doooooo!  Don't tell Sean;)

And then there were some really cool dudes looking not too cool but don't tell them I said that:) Love them to bits.  Note Ruthie was not in this photo but she is terrified of big fluffy things walking around wanting to hug her.  She goes into a state of absolute panic and no one can convince her that that doggy is a nice doggy - who can blame her.  For her size he probably looks like a monster the size of a building.

After Scooby we headed off to look at some of the kites

We found some avid kite makers.  Aren't they just delightful? 

There was even a learning opportunity.  Of  course this is a homeschooling mom! We found the MTN Science Mobile which had the children puzzling and fiddling and trying to solve all sorts of riddles.

I love this look of absolute fascination.

As usual this was a big hit for our children.  I am starting to feel more and more like a local Capetonian, rather than a KwaZulu Natal expat as we expose our family to all the local flavour.  We are looking forward to the next big event - we LOVE events.

The next biggy is the Cape Dairy Experience which a new one and its all about - yes you guessed it - DAIRY!!  There will be some purebred dairy cattle and goats, animals paraded in a show ring, lots of butter AND yogurt AND cheese AND ice cream AND ice cream - did I mention there would be ice cream?  Added bonus - its only R30 per adult and children under the age are free. It's a Friday and Saturday and don't make the mistake of thinking that both days are the same, they're not. So it would be really worthwhile to go both days I am sure.

Out and About: International Kite Festival

We spent weeks planning our visit to the International  Kite Festival.  With boys in the family that love anything that flies, this was the event of the season.  As we came over Boyes drive from Kalk Bay this is what we saw, you can imagine how excited the boys were to get out the car at this point. 

It took us a good 20 minutes to find parking and after a rather inebriated car guard welcomed us to the festival we headed off to see the kites up close.

 This scuba diver was frighteningly real.  His legs and arms were moving as though he were swimming towards us and I kept imagining someone looking at me through his goggles.

These dragons were definitely one of my favourites, though something about the pink one just jarred at my colour senses but they reminded me so much of the little dragon in Mulan.  They were so big you felt like they
might swoop down at you and have you for lunch.

 This reminded me so much of Empangeni. This is about the only place you see gecko's in theWestern Cape.  Definitely not something I miss - though they are so good with getting rid of pesky mosquito's they really are not the greatest when it comes to finding a toilet.

We all spent loads of time staring up at the sky, our necks were all a little tender the next day:)

 Of course there's always some time for a quick cuddle too.  There's always time for that.