Well it’s been over 6 months since I turned 30, but I’m still plugging away at my list. Ben says I can have all year to finish it – like how Disneyland stretches out their “birthday celebrations” for at least a year (sometimes it seems like two) – if they can do it, so can I, right? Right.

Well flying a kite was number 28 on my list – but it turns out it really should have been number 1. How did we wait so long to do this?! We have the most perfect kite-flying park less than a mile from our house. It’s up on the top of a hill with a gorgeous view (you can even see a peek of the ocean, even though it’s miles away) and always just the right amount of wind. There are always people flying kites up there and the kids are obsessed with watching them, but we never owned a kite so we’ve never tried it ourselves.

This weekend we spotted some kites on sale at Costco and picked one up. As soon as we got out on the grass and that gust of wind picked up our kite and took it soaring into the air I knew we had waited much, much too long. Flying kites is just magical. The looks on the kids faces were worth the price of the kite times a thousand. I cannot wait for the next time we can go again!