Now the bad parts...
One thing we learned on this trip is that our boys are great travelers. Within reason. We ended up having a five hour layover in Denver on our way to Boston, and they did a great job. We didn't get to our hotel until 2AM but they were such troopers! The toughest part was the time between getting off the plane and getting to the hotel. I had Paul race off to get our rental car, but that meant I had to get all our luggage. It wouldn't have been so bad except we had the three carseats. The boys were tired and whiny (and who could blame them, after traveling for 12 hours?!) and I was trying to drag this stuff all around. There were lots of nice people around that took pity on me, though. People are sure nice when they see a woman with three kids and five pieces of luggage!
The return home was shorter, but no less dramatic. We only had a three hour layover in Denver, but our departure involved a lot of turbulence. Andy was already not feeling well due to an incident of his head meeting the hard floor of the airport, but the take-off did not sit well with him. He cried off and on the whole trip saying his tummy hurt, but as we descended, we thought we were home free. We were wrong. With literally five minutes left on the plane, he chucked up his macaroni and cheese lunch all over himself, his seat and most of Paul's arm. Needless to say, I felt very sorry for all the people around us. Fortunately I had an extra change of clothes in the backpack. *whew!*
I've decided the that memory of traveling with small children is like the memory of labor; it's so horrific that you forget about it quickly. After this, our next trip to Legoland will be a piece of cake! :)
Posted in: on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at at 10:10 PM
Oh I feel for you. David did that to me once when he was about Andy's age, unfortunately we were a lot more than 5 minutes from landing.
-Andy
I like the new look of your blog!
Ahh... the adventures of travel with kids. I'm actually not missing that lately. And glad that for once Ryan is manning that on his own instead of me flying solo with the kids this summer. He and Sawyer are the only ones making the trip back this summer... and truth be told, I'm bitter that he's only got the responsibility of flying with one kid instead of the double duty I've always done on my own!
I hope it was just a rocky trip for Andy and that's not a foreshadowing of all flights to come!!