Holy crap. I can’t believe I survived yesterday. It was, quite possibly, the longest day of my life. We were on vacation visiting the in laws in California and we flew home to Florida yesterday.
It all started at 5 freaking 30 in the morning. Much too early for my taste. So we arrived at the airport at the crack of dawn only to find that our flight was delayed 4 hours. Why oh why did we not check the flight status before waking two kids and schlepping to the airport. Lesson learned.
But it was pretty funny to be standing in a line of irate passengers 1.5 before scheduled departure only to receive a text from our airline (I’ll call it Schmelta) telling us the flight was delayed. Um, yeah, you think? Seriously, what’s the point of providing two email addresses and two cell phone numbers if they don’t tell you about a delay (which they knew of the night prior) until after you’re encouraged to arrive at the airport? The flight ended up being nearly 6 hours delayed. Registering for flight status notification is worthless. Lesson learned.
I packed a spare outfit for each kid. That was not enough. 3/4 of the way through our first flight Toddler Boy peed out of his diaper and wet his SECOND pair of pants. And he’s potty training and peed on the potty several times. He spent the remainder of the trip pantless. We looked really classy. Clearly too much liquid for that kid. Lesson learned.
15 travel hours, 5 meltdowns, 2 peed out pair of pants, 3 airport meals later… we made it home. Home sweet home.
And we will not be traveling with children again until they are 10, thank you very much. Sadly I don’t have a picture of what we looked like dragging a million carry ons, blankets, baby and a half naked kid through the airport. But, I do have this gem from vacay to share.
The good news for all of you is that I have LOTS of great products and giveaways to share. I admit to falling behind, but bear with me as I catch up this week!
Chelle
June 29, 2009Yikes…that truly does sound like the longest day
I'm glad you all made it home, though!
Hopefully the rest of your week will be much better for you
I am Lee-Ann...
June 29, 2009Oh my that is one long day. I can't even imagine, I think one of the meltdowns would have been me!
Nicole Feliciano
June 29, 2009I'm with you. I got back from 2 weeks away yesterday. The inbox was scary!
Capital Mom
June 29, 2009That was rough. Glad to hear you made it!
Heather
June 30, 2009Glad you made it through!
Debbie
July 1, 2009Man, that sounds like a rough trip. The most I've ever done is driving 6 hours in the car just myself and my two toddlers. Thank goodness for car dvd players! I hope despite the airline troubles, that you had a nice trip with your family.
P.S.- The picture of your kids is adorable! I love your little girl's outfit! So cute!!
Rock Star Ma
July 7, 20095 Meltdowns! Ouch! On the other hand, that picture you posted is soooo cute!