So, I didn't blog about the airplane ride home from West palm Beach yet. The whole reason that you take a round-trip airplane is because it's just not enough torture once. To really get the whole miserable experience of flying with toddlers, you gotta do it twice! I must say, flying out of West Palm is a total dream compared to the Atlanta airport. I kept waiting for all of the super-nice airport employees to short-circuit & blow-up in front of me because I was sure they couldn't be real. I waited at the ticket line behind 1 other person. That kind of beats the 4 zillion people I waited behind in Atlanta for45 minutes -just slightly :) Also, the airport is so small & easy to get around in. Security was a breeze & complete strangers that were also passengers kept asking if I needed help or anything. No one in Atlanta ever bothered to do that. I swear I think you could pull up to the airport, kids & all, 15 minutes before your flight & still make it. Anyways, Emily was a little better on this flight but, it was also during my kids dinnertime so, I had to have more than snacks this time. I had so much other stuff so, space for food was limited in my backpack but, I managed to have whole wheat PB&J "Uncrustables" sandwiches for my kids to eat. If you r not familiar with these, you should be. I like to call them "Unfusstables" as they come frozen & they that they thaw as you're on your way & you don't have to make & package the sandwiches yourself and my kids don't fuss because they really like them. 'Nuff said? Okay, so,as Emily is trying to stand up, look out the window, jump around & eat her sandwich all at the same time, I try to sit there & attempt to restrain her in some kind of way. Eventually, a man behind me taps me on the shoulder & says "I think I should tell you that you have a big glob of jelly in your hair". Nice, that's all I need. Now, I was not so much embarassed (I'm pretty much beyond that as a mother) but, did wonder what the state of my hair really was at this point. As I tried to check it out, the girl beside me gives me a mirror & I see there's jelly on my sunglasses (which were on top of my head) too. The guy behind me says "I'm sorry, I just thought you should know". I say "Oh well, I've had worse". Laughter erupts from everyone seated around me. I'm sure they felt my pain with my rambuctious kids on the plane. Oh, I amost forgot Emily bit Cameron twice on the plane (she never did that before! Why now?!) & apparently the 2nd time she bit him really hard. He screamed like nobody's business! All I could do was tell him "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do we're on an airplane". The next day, during bathtime I notice how bad the bite was & felt terrible. Anyway, despite how it sounds, the kids were actually pretty good on the plane & in the airport, especially Cameron who is five. I might actually do it again one day!
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Tales from tha Airplane -Part 2
So, I didn't blog about the airplane ride home from West palm Beach yet. The whole reason that you take a round-trip airplane is because it's just not enough torture once. To really get the whole miserable experience of flying with toddlers, you gotta do it twice! I must say, flying out of West Palm is a total dream compared to the Atlanta airport. I kept waiting for all of the super-nice airport employees to short-circuit & blow-up in front of me because I was sure they couldn't be real. I waited at the ticket line behind 1 other person. That kind of beats the 4 zillion people I waited behind in Atlanta for45 minutes -just slightly :) Also, the airport is so small & easy to get around in. Security was a breeze & complete strangers that were also passengers kept asking if I needed help or anything. No one in Atlanta ever bothered to do that. I swear I think you could pull up to the airport, kids & all, 15 minutes before your flight & still make it. Anyways, Emily was a little better on this flight but, it was also during my kids dinnertime so, I had to have more than snacks this time. I had so much other stuff so, space for food was limited in my backpack but, I managed to have whole wheat PB&J "Uncrustables" sandwiches for my kids to eat. If you r not familiar with these, you should be. I like to call them "Unfusstables" as they come frozen & they that they thaw as you're on your way & you don't have to make & package the sandwiches yourself and my kids don't fuss because they really like them. 'Nuff said? Okay, so,as Emily is trying to stand up, look out the window, jump around & eat her sandwich all at the same time, I try to sit there & attempt to restrain her in some kind of way. Eventually, a man behind me taps me on the shoulder & says "I think I should tell you that you have a big glob of jelly in your hair". Nice, that's all I need. Now, I was not so much embarassed (I'm pretty much beyond that as a mother) but, did wonder what the state of my hair really was at this point. As I tried to check it out, the girl beside me gives me a mirror & I see there's jelly on my sunglasses (which were on top of my head) too. The guy behind me says "I'm sorry, I just thought you should know". I say "Oh well, I've had worse". Laughter erupts from everyone seated around me. I'm sure they felt my pain with my rambuctious kids on the plane. Oh, I amost forgot Emily bit Cameron twice on the plane (she never did that before! Why now?!) & apparently the 2nd time she bit him really hard. He screamed like nobody's business! All I could do was tell him "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do we're on an airplane". The next day, during bathtime I notice how bad the bite was & felt terrible. Anyway, despite how it sounds, the kids were actually pretty good on the plane & in the airport, especially Cameron who is five. I might actually do it again one day!
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