With just a few days left in spring break, we thought you might be looking for a few things to do. The kids in "Mary Poppins" were on to something: Flying a kite is awesome. What's even better is ...

Nobody flew fancy kites a few decades ago. But it didn’t matter. When my dad fitted the balsa ribs onto the yellow paper store-bought kite, spring arrived just as surely then as it does now. I still ...