Another interesting journey with two little ones is behind us! We did it. And I'm even kind of AWAKE today to tell you about it ;)
Major Points of Discussion:
1) Nobody vomited the entire way! GO TEAM! (You might remember that both children did this on the way to Canada in June.)
2) Juliet hardly slept on either flight, although when you expect this to be the case, you're not even disappointed when it happens ;) Her age makes her a wiggly travel companion and we're just sucking that up and moving on....
3) The Airplane Fairy is our saviour. If we've learned ANYTHING at all by traveling with kids, it would be this: BRIBE, BRIBE, BRIBE!!! (Ha....maybe DON'T take any parenting advice from this site.) Here are the girls in their new "cozy ones" that we changed into at Toronto Pearson (after going back and forth on the moving sidewalk a bazillion times because it was located conveniently by the family washroom):
4) Nory hardly made a peep the entire second flight because.........STICKERS. I couldn't believe it when the flight attendant asked us what was "going on here". OBVIOUSLY, I was doing my darnedest to make sure everyone else on board had the most enjoyable flight of their life. I also don't think she realized that taking the stickers OFF the headrest (ah-hem, CLEAN-UP) was Juliet's half of the activity.
5) Both girls started to lose it as we began our descent in Kuwait. It was perfect timing! If you haven't tried waiting over an hour for luggage when nobody in your family has ANY PATIENCE LEFT FOR EACH OTHER OR LIFE.......I recommend you don't try it EVER :) Haha. It wasn't that bad. But it felt that bad on zero hours of sleep.
Our reunion with Kumari was the sweetest thing. She was waiting for us outside the housing complex when the taxi pulled in and the girls were thrilled to see her! Even Juliet wanted to be held by her and Jet's been glued to Phil all summer long.
It feels nice to be back at our Kuwait house. Ben and Winka are flat favourites and Kumari seems to be the adult of choice for playtime. Phil has been going into work (#DreamJob) and I've enjoyed some Gilmore Girls on Netflix ALL BY MYSELF (gasp!). All of us are fighting through jet lag and colds, but the girls slept for 15.5 hours IN A ROW yesterday, so we are well on our way to getting back to normal :)
Emily and Steve arrive tonight and we are so pumped! I still can't believe Steve will be a hallway away this year! Just like old times :)
Sending much love to you on this Tuesday morning!
XOXO
Major Points of Discussion:
1) Nobody vomited the entire way! GO TEAM! (You might remember that both children did this on the way to Canada in June.)
2) Juliet hardly slept on either flight, although when you expect this to be the case, you're not even disappointed when it happens ;) Her age makes her a wiggly travel companion and we're just sucking that up and moving on....
3) The Airplane Fairy is our saviour. If we've learned ANYTHING at all by traveling with kids, it would be this: BRIBE, BRIBE, BRIBE!!! (Ha....maybe DON'T take any parenting advice from this site.) Here are the girls in their new "cozy ones" that we changed into at Toronto Pearson (after going back and forth on the moving sidewalk a bazillion times because it was located conveniently by the family washroom):
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| Our two beauties, so full of smiles pre-flight #1 :) |
5) Both girls started to lose it as we began our descent in Kuwait. It was perfect timing! If you haven't tried waiting over an hour for luggage when nobody in your family has ANY PATIENCE LEFT FOR EACH OTHER OR LIFE.......I recommend you don't try it EVER :) Haha. It wasn't that bad. But it felt that bad on zero hours of sleep.
Our reunion with Kumari was the sweetest thing. She was waiting for us outside the housing complex when the taxi pulled in and the girls were thrilled to see her! Even Juliet wanted to be held by her and Jet's been glued to Phil all summer long.
It feels nice to be back at our Kuwait house. Ben and Winka are flat favourites and Kumari seems to be the adult of choice for playtime. Phil has been going into work (#DreamJob) and I've enjoyed some Gilmore Girls on Netflix ALL BY MYSELF (gasp!). All of us are fighting through jet lag and colds, but the girls slept for 15.5 hours IN A ROW yesterday, so we are well on our way to getting back to normal :)
Emily and Steve arrive tonight and we are so pumped! I still can't believe Steve will be a hallway away this year! Just like old times :)
Sending much love to you on this Tuesday morning!
XOXO
Gotta love that fairy. Kisses!
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