Saying bye to Dad in the Salt Lake airport (he stayed home)
Ready to go with the kids for their first flying experience! Off to Washington for 2 1/2 weeks. I watched my sister Kay's 4 kids for 10 days and then had some play days before and after.
Entertainment....
Smiles...they loved it!
Heading onto the plane for the flight home
We were some of the last to get off so I decided to point out the cockpit to the kids...as I was trying to get Sebastian's attention the stuartist asked if we wanted to go in closer. The pilots then got out of the way and invited us up and even asked if the kids wanted to sit in their seats. Paige sat down, but Sebastian got a little scared...so Paige decided she didn't like it either, then we left. It was fun though. Not many people have had that experience and they got it at ages 2 and 4!
Oh yeah, Paige wore her squeaky shoes to the airport both times and it was great! I felt like I wasn't going to lose her (or Sebastian, seeing as I made them walk together when I didn't have their hands) and it made so many people smile!
They really did great! I was super pleased with them. Only problem was Sebastian for the first few minutes in both airports. Both times he fell asleep on the way to the airport. In Salt Lake it wasn't too bad because he woke up on his own, but he was grumpy because he had to pee and at least I had Chris there with me to deal with him. Once we had a bathroom break he was happy again and we had a great time getting ready for our first flight together.
But when we arrived in Seattle for the flight home I had to wake up both kids to get out of the car and into the airport. Sebastian was a psychopath all of the way through security. He just could not wake up or become normal....finally we stopped I talked some sense into him and we were okay after that. We got some Wendy's and sat at the huge center windows and watched the airplanes.
This last picture was taken on the first day we got to Washington. Paige was crying for the last 20 minutes of our 7 hour trip (driving, waiting, and flying time) and Sebastian decided he was done too so they were both pretty clingy to me when we got to Kay's house. Korbin and Jace were instantly there to greet us though and tried to win over the kids...it took less than 15 minutes before they had my kids' total trust and adoration. Such great kids!
Oh yeah, Paige wore her squeaky shoes to the airport both times and it was great! I felt like I wasn't going to lose her (or Sebastian, seeing as I made them walk together when I didn't have their hands) and it made so many people smile! 
Here is the quilt that I made her. The large pink squares are a paisley material surrounded by brown w/pink polka dot rectangles and argyle mini squares. The backing was pink flannel with paisley binding. It took some time but it was worth it. A few weeks later we found two bed frames so now the kids have matching bed frames with their homemade quilts on top.
