I am not sure of that; was flying kites brought in a negative light? No, right? It reads to me like two "amusing" things he used to do (without moral judgement

I am not sure of that; was flying kites brought in a negative light? No, right? It reads to me like two "amusing" things he used to do (without moral judgement), but it could be meant to be a positive and a negative for contrast as well. I don't think flying a kite is strongly positive, more like just amusing, so I'm inclined to say those are two surprising facts.