Flights and Fights!

Well, here we are, T-minus 12 hours until we leave! I am all ready, about 95% there. Just charging electronics, getting the toiletries together and thinking that I must be missing something! I always over-pack! I start out with good intentions, but things just keep hopping into the suitcases. Although I think we may be very close to perfection for this trip. Only two suitcases to check and our backpacks as carry-ons. Yes, you heard me right, Lydia really is packing and checking suitcases. I usually just send two medium boxes with all our stuff and we go bag-free, but I just didn't get my act together soon enough this time and we would have been waiting for clothes on the other end. That and Spencer is traveling with me to the States. Again, not usual. I'm always doing this alone. Entering the U.S. is usually more of a pain than exiting. You have to collect your suitcases, recheck them, etc. and I don't like to deal with that when I have 4 kids in tow! But with two adults, some things are just easier.

Eliza and Mairyn are pretty self-sufficient on the plane. As long as they have paper and pencil, they can be entertained for hours. Grant, well, since we traveled last year, he has finally taken an interest in watching movies. I don't think he'll be the crazy man that he has been in trips past.

Now, Jacqueline is an entity herself. As long as we can read One Fish, Two Fish nonstop for 30 hours, we'll be fine! We found a teeny sized version that is perfect for her to hold, so she may be independently entertained for 10 minutes or so!! Alright, that's all folks! We'll see you on the flip side!