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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
California Part 1
The next series of blog entries
will be about our trip to California
Getting there, spirits are
high. The kids love riding in the car
and they love being at the airport. Next
comes the tricky part. Going through security
is always tough. As we were approaching
security, I looked at my husband and said, “Remember this is the worst
part. It will get better after we get
through this.” The kids have a hard time
waiting in line. My Sean got so used to
having to take his shoes off, he still automatically takes them off, even
though children under 12 don’t have to anymore.
Putting all our things in the tubs, including Todd’s “child safety
tethering device” (nice name for what resembles a leash). We have to go through the metal detector one
at a time – since Todd is not “tethered,” he always takes off into the airport
once through the metal detector. Of
course, the TSAs always take their time with the rest of us, so we then have to
run shoeless through the crowd to find Todd, praying no one snatches our
wallets out of the tubs back at the security checkpoint.
Next, the gate. Again, the kids have a hard time
waiting. As long as they have electronic
toys and we have snacks, we get by. A
McDonald’s near the gate never hurts, either.
I was a bit nervous about the
length of the flight to the west coast from Chicago California California
Electronic toys are a huge help,
plus the time of day we fly is important as well. Specifically, we brought our iPad 2, Leapster
2 and portable DVD player. Our westbound
flight had a feature I have not seen previously. Similar to international flights, there was a
small tv screen on the back of the seat in front of you. For $6.99, you could watch DirecTV for the
entire flight. Our eastbound flight home
had the usual screen that drops out of the ceiling and shows a movie and then
several network tv show episodes. I
always seem to be situated as far away from that screen as possible, or on an
angle that makes watching it impossible.
My
Todd was content just pressing the buttons on the arm rest.
We arrived at LAX. I usually prefer to pick up the rental car
on-site at the airport, but this wasn’t an option. The kids loved the shuttle bus to the car
rental place. As long as they’re happy,
my life is much easier!
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Easter
I’m getting more relaxed with our life as it is. I remember when we had our first child, there
was chaos at first, then we settled into a routine where certain things were
expected and then dealt with. Of course, this evolves over time, but it
wasn’t too hard to adapt. Then came
child number two. Chaos again. This chaos lasted much longer. The chaos evolved into different kinds of
chaos. Things are surprisingly
manageable these days. I hope I don’t
eat those words shortly.
Easter was fine. Todd
was up at his usual 4:30, Sean at about 5:30.
They were jacked on Easter Bunny sugar by 6 a.m. Literally ate all the candy in their baskets
by noon. I was a bit bummed about that
because their father and I usually graze the leftovers once the kids have had
their fill of holiday candy.
Kids did fine at my husband’s family party. Ate more candy, plus some proper food. Sean did parade nude through the party
because he was having trouble re-velcro-ing his pull-up after going to the
bathroom. Hell, he did that in a
restaurant once. Sean nudity in front of
family is no big deal.
They reluctantly went back to school today. Lots of protesting. They love school, their teachers, the bus,
their bus driver and bus aide, but I think going from a day of candy to a day
of work was what bothered them. They
have one week and one day of school and then we’re off to Disneyland…
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