Tomorrow morning we’re flying to Texas for a wedding. I’m a little nervous about how our son is going to handle two hours in a seat when he is used to running around all day. I searched the web for advice, and most sites said pretty much the same thing: “Distract the kids with everything you’ve got.”
We called up one of our friends to see if they would let us use their portable DVD player and we found out that they had just flown the same airline with their kids and had all kinds of great stories to tell us. Their daughter had just seen the new Superman movie and by some strange coincidence (is there ever a normal coincidence?) a tall, dark-haired man wearing a glasses and a superman t-shirt was in the airport. Their daughter was stunned and told everybody on the plane that Superman was flying outside holding up their plane. The flight attendants and the other passengers were all very nice, and played along.
I think the best advice we got was “relax, focus on taking care of your kids, and the other fliers will take care of themselves.” So we’re packing light - a LeapFrog and a DVD player with a couple of VeggieTales. And I’m looking forward to the airplane-shaped cookies that they give parents . . . I mean kids.
Pray for my family this weekend.
