Flying the Friendly Skies

Sorry if you're bored with all of these Washington posts, I had so many pictures that I wanted to share, I just kept writing. This is the last one, I promise! I'm very lucky that I work for family and for a company that has a plane. I was able to use it for the flights because there was absolutely no way I was attempting a flight with two young kids by myself. Even though I didn't have to wait in an airport or check luggage I sill had the boys on a plane by myself with no assistance for 3.5 hours on the way there (on the way back Grandma and Grandpa joined us). They were a bit nervous but thought flying was fun for the most part.

Before our flight North Nonna, Pepe, and Dad met us in a park close to the airport. We played, had lunch, and used the restrooms. We took off during their naptime and Kieran was instantly asleep. Reed and I played with stickers and read books. He tried to rest but was just too excited to sleep. Kieran woke up 1.5 hours in and with two hours of flying ahead of us I went straight to the iPad and let them watch Frozen for the first time and eat snacks. Reed had to go to the bathroom towards the end of the flight and even peed out the "pee tube" that is on the plane. Both boys' ears bothered them on the way down, but especially Reed's. There was a lot of crying and eating pretzels, and crying again. I was pretty happy to land to say the least!

The views from the plane were awesome. We saw Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, the Pacific Ocean, and multiple volcanoes. I wasn't able to get pictures of most of it, but it really was a beautiful flight. On the way home I'm so glad Grandma and Grandpa were there for backup. Kieran fell asleep in the car on the way to the airport but wouldn't go back to sleep on the plane. Snacks and the iPad were on a constant rotation for him. Reed sat with Grandma for a long time and finally fell asleep in her lap so Grandpa and I kept sticking things under her legs to keep her supported. Towards the end of the flight the boys both started screaming because of their ears. We couldn't get either one of them to eat but luckily Grandma had some gum we let Reed chew on. While we missed Jon the entire trip I was really glad he wasn't on the flight because small planes and screaming children probably would have, at a minimum, given him a panic attack!!!