Monday, September 15, 2008

Goodbye Helicopter

For Max's birthday I took him to Target to pick out a present. We ended up with two. Two helicopters. Apparently they are a current obsession. Newly minted when he saw them no doubt.

One of the helicopters had a remote control and it could fly. On Sunday we found some batteries and gave it a try. Kristin grabbed the remote to show us how it was done. She crashed it several times, but appeared confident so Max, Keely and I let her keep "showing us how to do it."

She insisted we take it outside where there was more room. We moved it to the porch where Kristin once again took the controls. I held it on my hand and she set the propellers in motion. We all watched as it sailed higher, and higher and higher. I wondered when she would turn it or bring it back down.

It continued to climb...about 20 or 25 feet until it got as high as the tallest roof. Just as i was about to say, "shouldn't you bring it back down?" it took a sudden turn towards the roof and dropped. Keely, Max and I stood with mouths agape wondering what happened to our little "hewicowpter."

Kristin and Abram tried to get out the ladder and make it work...impossible. It was too high, and the ladder could not be dominated.

And so, the first flight of the helicopter was it's last. Goodbye helicopter. Thank goodness there was another one left.

If there is one thing I have learned from Lisa and Kristin - - confidence, even extreme confidence doesn't always mean they really, really know what they're talking about.

8 comments:

Rain in My Head said...

That is a great story :). Just wanted to let you know we got our pics that you took and they are amazing!! So great. Steve says the one of the two boys is his all time fav pic. Thank you!

Lisa said...

Hey, how did I get involved in this?!

Elizabeth Downie said...

Ha! That's really funny.

Delsa said...

Thank goodness no one was taking a ride in the helicopter.
Poor Max, his Mom won't even let him play with his own toy. Maybe you can buy Kristin a helicopter for her birthday and Max can show her how it works.

EFN Newsletter said...

"Grabbed it?" "Insisted?" Really?

Shauri said...

Just trying to make a good story. You did dominate it though. And have your tongue sticking out in that classic concentrated, I will do this state. I mean am I wrong?

xóchitl said...

that really IS funny. i do kinda believe that Kristin dominated. she made me do lots of things when we were roommates. you know, dress up and perform broadway musicals and such. it's always a good time with her.
luckily for max, aunt shauri thought to buy 2 helicopters.

Garrett said...

Surely you're not implying that Shauri would embellish in one of her stories...

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