Sunday, July 27, 2008

five strategies for plane trips with a 14-month-old



1. snacks (crackers these days)

2. naps (hope for one)

3. books (works for PC)

4. videos on the iPod (didn't have to play them, but we were prepared)

5. seat neighbors who give your kid a matchbox car

PC's first trip on the plane went very well. Squirmy as he is, he remained interested enough in the newness of it all that he was pretty much content the entire 3-hour trip. That was awesome, and more than we expected.

And so was the end of the flight, when the middle-age soldier seated behind us, decked out in the full-on desert camouflage, came around our seat and gave PC a cool little matchbox jeep hilariously emblazoned "Bad Mudder 2" on the side. Sweet.

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