So, as you probably know from all the complaining in my last post, our flight left at 7 am, which meant super early wake-up call! Luckily, I'd gotten everything ALL THE WAY ready the night before, so we just got up, dressed and left... Still a mite late, though. We returned our rental car (to the same lame dude that we got it from) and shuttled to the airport. We were down one bag, thank goodness (so only 5!) but we still decided to check the stroller and car seat at the gate so we could roll everyone through the airport. This was really nice except it took us even longer to get us all through security! (By the way, they totally didn't say anything about the 16 oz. of milk we brought through... makes me sad we bought a bunch of airport milk on the way in!) Since we got up a little late and then took forever at security, we actually got there right in time to check our stuff and walk right in. Though the girls were again, relatively very good, this plane ride was actually rougher than the first. Probably because they were super-tired. I was certain Alisa would really hate the flying experience, namely because she cries everytime we even use an elevator! She was a total trooper, though. The big problem, really was keeping the girls occupied together-they did not want to share a space! We brought Jeff's laptop just for movie-on-plane purposes and it helped for awhile. By the end though, mom was patty-caking, itsy-bitying and cowboy-riding her little heart out over and over, but it did the trick. (That and lots of snacks and drinks.) Also, it was very nice to get home and have a whole day ahead of us to recover and not do anything!
Overall, it was an exhausting but very fun trip! We didn't really think we'd get to do something like that, and it was awesome to be able to have a big family vacation. We'll probably have to take a few years off from that scale, though... I wanted to list the highlights for each of us as a little reflection.
Jeff
- Seeing Amie fly on the plane (and Rapunzel, and saying "trip house")
- the new Harry Potter ride
- "a long walk in the rain with my beautiful wife"
- my HS reunion
- gators!
Nikki
- both reunions, definitely
- Temple, definitely
- digging my toes in the sand while the waves lapped my legs
- watching the girls in their elements
Amelie
#1 Rapunzel!!!
- Buzz and Woody
- all the playplaces
Alisa
#1 all the playplaces, especially the water sections
- the swimming pool
- running around free in our condo and Kate's house
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