Last night before I went to bed, I took Kaylee's elf (Deenie) and put her in a ballet slipper and stuck her on a lamp, and surrounded her by papers that had snowflakes stamped all over them. Just a little mischief. Kaylee found it in the morning and was highly amused. She's carried around Deenie pretty much everywhere since she "showed up", even to school. She really wants Deenie to make a BIG mess, so I may try that tonight, if I can think of what to use that won't give us ants. ;)
This morning, I took Kaylee out to Glenndale. Steve had to fly, and I had to go out to send out a Discovery Flight Certificate and take photos of some pilot supplies for sale. So I stayed and answered the phone, hung out, etc. Kaylee and I took up the Citabria today, and she did most of the flying the whole time. It was kind of funny--she wanted to sit up front but I ix-nayed that, but I did let her fly once I got about 50 feet above the ground. She did all the climbs, turns, etc. She can't reach the rudders, so I told her I would do the rudders for her and made sure she knew where they are back there, etc. I'd turn around and see this little kid with a purple headset, a focused look on her face and two hands wrapped around the stick, making the turns. She ended up even getting to the point where she'd know to pull back on the stick to keep from descending and even kept her altitude pretty well when she was doing a 30-45 degree bank turn. Of course I kept it coordinated with rudder, but she did pretty well! We flew over Indian Hills (which SHE spotted first by the way and asked if we could fly over). Finally we came in to land as we were getting low on gas. (Not THAT low, don't worry!) She said she wanted to do the landing. It was a little windy today and I wasn't sure that was the best plan in the Citabria, but I decided to let her try with me doing the rudder and power and giving her voice directions (left, left, back, up, right, hold it, etc.) I got her to line us up on the runway, and then she held it so steady I didn't have to give hardly any directions to her. We did a wheel landing, touched down and I didn't do much of it until the wheels hit (pretty softly by the way), at which point I actively took over so as to not push it, of course. And she was ANNOYED that I didn't have her do more "up up up! Left! Right! Back back back!" stuff! I told her she hadn't Needed to do more, she held it very steady all the way down, enough that I didn't have to have her correct much at all. She got super lucky, she's not THAT skilled, but she really did do a good job. I'd turn around and watch her, and she'd be looking out the window, banking around, etc. She once piped up and said "Mommy, you know how I know if I'm level?" I said "How?" She replied with "Well, when I look outside, if the left wing is straight across and the right wing is straight across at the same place, I'm level." Yep! She also would say things like "I'm going to lower the left wing now." It seems like a couple of things clicked with her, even if they are just definitions and basics. It was a fun afternoon! Oh, she also said "Well, I guess until I'm big enough to reach car pedals I won't be big enough to reach airplane pedals either!" Not those anyway, *I* barely reach them from back there. She was annoyed when I told her we needed to land. She asked if we could get more gas and go back up, but by then I was wanting to leave her wanting more. ;) Usually lately she hasn't wanted to go, but it's the same old thing-if SHE can do it, control it, she's IN. If not, she gets a headache, gets motion sick, gets bored. Today we were up for quite awhile, and she was very not-bored. My little control freak. I don't know WHERE she gets it... lol She was cute.
If you haven't seen this yet, check it out. It's Kaylee as an elf, and it cracks me up. http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=5e968d5eca50438fe3f7fd6G06121612 I won't post the ones I did of family/friends. ;)
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