Another Airplane Anniversary

As of the end of May, Aaron has been flying for 2 years. He got his first plane beginning of June 2 years ago. We took pictures then, we took pictures last year, and we took pictures again recently with the plane and Zeke. This year they've both changed.

The NexStar has gained a new fuselage (wings are the same) and a new power system (electric instead of gas).

Zeke last year was just barely walking. This year he ran over to the plane (once we finally convinced him to come) and talked about the plane. He pointed out and named the star in the NexStar logo and tried to identify the letters too.

Father's Day Planes

We have developed a pattern of giving Aaron airplanes for Father's Day. Usually as early Father's Day gifts to be used for spring flying. Last year he got his Zero.

And this year he got a Slow Stick. We got one because his club scheduled a combat with slow flyers at the annual electric plane event. However, Aaron enjoys his so much there was no way he was going to put it in combat danger!

Summer Is Here

Picnic in the Rain

Last week the rain poured all day on our flying day. We decided to go to the modelport anyway just to see what was going on. We didn't expect to be able to fly, but we packed the planes and our picnic dinner and headed out like normal. When we got there, the covered airport was flooded and not surprisingly we had the place to ourselves. Zeke was so excited about splashing in the puddles like a little duck.

We walked around in the rain for a while and got pretty much soaked. Zeke was soaked from the top down because of the rain and the bottom up because of his spashing.

Then it was back to the car to dry out and have dinner before going to run a bunch of errands and do some shopping.

Now if only we had remembered a change of pants, socks, and shoes for Zeke.....