It’s late at night, the kids are asleep and we are in California! What a day!
This morning started off great. Got the kids up and ready. Connor took his normal 10-Noon nap. I finished up some last minute work and we were finished loading the car by 11am. Before we left at noon, Beth and I thought we were forgetting stuff because it had all been so smooth.
We left the house at Noon and made a few stops on the way to Grandma Marsha’s house. She was watching Gizmo for the week and Donny was taking us to the airport. We had lunch at their house and then it was off to the airport.
When we arrived at O’hare we found that Jet Blue didn’t offer curb side check in. So, it was fun carrying all that we had to check in. We got there about 2:30ish. The surprising part was checking in and security went super quick and we were at our gate by 3pm. We must have gotten there at the right time because it was like clockwork. The kids were great!
We hung out at the gate for a bit, spent too much money on a dinner/snack for the kids and were boarding by 4:30. That’s when the fun began! Connor did great up until we were taxing on the runway. He just didn’t want to sit still in Beth’s lap. We were so the parents on the plane with the crying baby. He was super tired and just didn’t want to sit still. We tried giving him Benadryl and that didn’t do the trick. He’s just not the type to fall asleep in someones arms anymore. It was akward throughout the flight for us because we felt so bad he was being that way. It was rough for about an hour, hour and a half. Once he was walking the aisle, sitting in his own seat or playing on the floor in front of the girls seats he was fine.
The girls had a fun time on the plane you could tell at points they were bored but they did well. Needless to say, we were ALL glad it was over when we landed. We landed about 7:30 local time at Long Beach Airport. This was probably the smallest airport I had been to. We got off the plane outside, walked down a few ramps into the terminal, followed a few more ramps to baggage claim and walked across the street (literally) to the rent a car place. We hopped in our mini-van (insert soccer dad joke here) and were off to our hotel.
I want to say within 10 minutes of driving all three kids were passed out. We checked in to the hotel and everyone is asleep except me! It’s my time to retire so I’ll pick up tomorrow with this! Good night!
