Madeline, Grant and I flew home to USA on Friday the 13th (ewww-i know, bad day to fly). Brian could not come with us, but will be flying over on the 26th of June. He stayed home to work and take care of Oaky the cat.
We did make it safely and had a GREAT flight! Imagine my stress level before flying....leaving on Friday the 13th, flying by MYSELF with the 2 kids, flying by myself with the 2 kids for a 21 hour flight....need I say more?? BUT, the kids were so great!! Singapore Airlines could be the best airline in the world, seriously. Every passenger has their own TV/video screen and it is filled with hundreds of movies, tv show, video games, music etc. And a section that is kids only, so Maddie and Grant had no trouble being entertained. Tons of food served to you and in the back lounge area. Games and toys provided to the kids. Amazing airline.
Madeline is old enough to really take care of herself, so she watched 5 movies (caught up on new ones we didn't see in Singapore) and did her thing. Really love that "almost" 10 yr old age for that reason, she is easy. She slept a total of about 2 1/2 hours of the trip, not much, but she didn't bother me...so that is ok. Grant on the other hand was a little bit more busy, changing his activity every 10 minutes or so. :) He played/watched TV/DS/ipod for the first 14 hours and then I made him sleep for 6 hours, and when he woke up-we only had another hour to go. Wasn't too bad-could have been a lot worse. The 21 hours went by pretty fast, thank goodness!
We arrived home at 1am and the kids were wide awake until 2am! YIKES! Karol and Jerry are here with us, and poor folks had to deal with us being jet lagged. I put the kids to bed at 2am and they slept until 5am. Hmmm. Since then, it's been 5 days, we all crash and go to bed at 8pm and then we are wide awake at 5am!! It's not fun. It's really hard to stay awake in the afternoon-the 12 hours difference is brutal. Anyway, I am sure that by this weekend we will be back on track.
We went up to Vermont the day after we arrived and went to the annual Quechee Balloon Festival. Maddie and Grant LOVE it, and we go every year. Amazing to see so many hot air balloons go up at one time. Surrounding the balloons are fun carnival/fair type activities which is fun for all. Who doesn't love a funnel cake??? :) Might be a new cure for jet lag! We stayed up for the weekend and now are back in the comfort of our house. AHHHHHHHHH. Nice to be home.
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