The kids vs. The Airplane

I was pleasantly surprised that the plane trip with the kiddos went so smoothly. I was VERY nervous about how Andi would react in a new & possibly scary environment...but she did great! She sat in her seat for the entire 4 hour flight...in fact, she would not even get up to go potty. I think she was a little scared to get up. Good thing I had put a pull-up on her.


Riding the tram at Intercontinental airport

Watching planes land/ take off before our flight

The girls row

The boys row

She 'read' the safety brochure for about 30 minutes. I think she liked it because it was all pictures.

Here are all the funny things Dawson said while we were flying:

1. As soon as we got on the plane, he asked Derek if we were going to get to do any flips.

2. When we started to descend, he asked Derek if our plane was going to land on someone's roof & if we would all have to go down their chimney.

3. The last thing he said was "Dad, it would be silly if we landed in water...because the wings would get wet & fall off hu?"

We actually had to fly in Minneapolis & then drive the last 5 hours since all the plane flights to Bemidji were booked up by the time we made our reservations. So, baby girl finally crashed in the car around 8 pm for a late nap. When she woke up, she screamed the last 45 minutes of the trip!!!!

And, here are the kids playing in the garage when we finally got there around 10pm that night. Somehow, Derek & I managed to lock our new keys inside before we flew back to pick up the kids....all we had was our garage door opener. Luckily, our realtor answered her phone about 10:30 that night & came over to let us in. At least we had toys in the garage for the kids to entertain themselves with.