I had been dreading this flight for months! Not too worried about the big kids - they each have an iPad, earphones, books, and I packed their backpacks with travel sized games and activities (thanks Maria!!). But how do you keep a 2.5 year old happy/occupied/busy for a 13 hour flight AFTER a 2 hour flight? Small Fry fReAKed out when he saw we were getting on an airplane - he loves seeing them in the sky but the reality of actually being up in the sky himself made him very nervous. After getting him to calm down and breathe (took about 30 minutes) he did great! I am so amazed by how well the long flight actually went. No tears or anything! We took his car seat on the plane - it gave him a great place to sleep and just chill, much better than just sitting in the seat. He played games, watched movies, and played with his cars. It was a looooooooong flight :) But we made it!!
We had 12 suitcases, 5 backpacks, a box, a bag, a car seat and a stroller - all that plus a family of 6 was definite admission to circus status while trying to fumble around in the airports. The kids did awesome. They were tired and the bags were heavy - note for next time *lighten backpacks* they had too much fun stuff that we really didn't need - and Confucius says heavy packs make for whiny kids :)
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