So we decided to surprise Todd's Mom, Maggie, for her birthday with a visit to Sacramento. Jenny (our part-time Nanny) and I were dreading the flight with the kids so a few days before we went and bought them each a DVD player and a few new movies, some art supplies and lots of good snacks for the plane. We kept all the new stuff a secret until we got on the plane.
Bash was happy with his new DVD player.
Jenny tried to get some sleep on the 7 hour flight.
Caroline looking very tired.
Todd and Parker had more luck with sleeping.
After we finally arrived in San Francisco I couldn't get the boys to stay still for a photo op. I guess that's the most you can expect after forcing them to sit still for such a long time.
I should mention an interesting happening. We had a 5:45am flight out of DC so we left the house at midnight to arrive at the airport around 3:00am. At about 4:30am Todd went to the "departures" screen (the ticket counter was still closed) to make sure our flight was leaving on time. He came back and said he couldn't find our flight on the board. We looked at our flight reservations again (which I had made) and Todd asked, "Are you sure that "DCA" is Dulles Airport? (for those of you who live in this area you will know what I am talking about) and I said"Um... no it's not... DCA is Reagan..." Needless to say there was a time of Todd not speaking to me and ordering us all downstairs to catch a cab to Reagan for our flight which was leaving in one hour. So Todd, Jenny, myself, the two boys and Caroline in a stroller, 6 suitcases, 3 car seats, 10 carry-on pieces sprint down the escalator. Did I mention that Reagan is 40 minutes from Dulles? Well, two $60 cab fares and a reenactment of the "running through the airport" scene from home alone (1 and 2) we were the last people on the plane. But we did make it. Here is a pic of all the luggage we had to lug around. Of course, we did not have the luxury of the smart carte at that moment. I'm not really sure how we carried everything, actually.
Oh my goodness! I think I may have just died at that moment. Did the music from the movie play too? That would have been to funny. This just proves you still can get on a plane in less than an hour, although I am sure you would not recommend it.
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