Kid’s First Flight
This morning we finished getting ready. We had so much stuff, we checked 5 bags (2 bags were car seats)+ stroller. But before getting to the airport, we went to a 1st birthday party for Noah (Wendy and Brian) at Rain Forest Cafe. We were kind of worried about this place as the kiddos didn’t do well there once before. The kiddos were a little hesitant but seemed to do ok. The balloon person was a distraction, Justin got a blue dog with a leash and Nicole a kitty. Nicole was fine but Justin was just laying on me. He does this when he is overwhelmed. It seems like he is so sick but he is just trying to tune everything out. The minute I took him out of the place, he was as happy as can be. So we decided to get our food to go and leave, no point torturing Justin. We went to Grammy’s and Nicole got her sparkly baby then Grammy took us to the airport. The kids were great. While we were waiting for the plane that just sat there entertained by looking at the planes. We borded and the kiddos were pretty excited. The kids wanted to sit with Bret. We finally convinced Nicole to sit by me. It would have been ok but I wanted to experience the first flight with them. The kids did great on the plane and people even complimented us on our kids. I bought the kiddos sticker coloring books and it kept Nicole occupied the entire time, Justin a little but he was happy just looking out the window. It was a little bumpy going through the clouds but the kiddos didn’t seem to mind. It went better than expected, just so many bags. The kids were so excited to go on the shuttle bus to the rental car place. The weather was cooler than we thought so I had to dress the kids in jeans and jackets while Bret got the car-the kiddos are out growing all their clothes. The kids are so confused why we are in another car other than ours. It is funny! We got to the hotel and the kids love hotels. They drew on their dry erase books, played in the curtains, played with the phone, lots of fun stuff. We grabbed some dinner then tried to find a place outside to play. We saw the Howard gang. It will be so fun having our kids all get to know each other. Nicole loved the baby, of course as did I. I am looking forward to every day on this trip-it will be all fun. Kiddos went to bed a little later than usual but did pretty well since we are in a weird place.
