So after all our eventfulness getting our seats sorted and actually getting on the plane, we settled in for what I thought would be a peaceful flight with two sleepy girls who had missed their usual nap time. \u00a0Hahaha! \u00a0Yeah, mommy was wrong again.<\/p>\n
Our airplane had TVs at every seat. \u00a0Sounds like a great thing for a mom, built in entertainment and diststraction. \u00a0Unfortunately, in my situation, my overly tired girls were too interested in the movie previews playing than in gently drifting off to sleep during takeoff as they usually do. \u00a0Fast forward through Sugarplum’s incessant demands to see Tinkerbell (Peter Pan was one of the $8 movie choices) and arrive 30 minutes later at Sugarplum’s demand for a snack.<\/p>\n
If I were to write a post of my tips flying with children (which I’m sure I will do someday), the top two things to bring for sanity’s sake would be lots of toys\/books and snacks.<\/p>\n
Yeah, about those snacks Sugarplum demanded….I had them neatly packed in our usual snack bag…which was packed securely on the kitchen counter at home (an improvement over\u00a0forgetting my pants the last road trip we did, though!). \u00a0I explain to Sugarplum how mommy made a big mess up and forgot our snacks at home but the airplane people would be coming soon with drinks and hopefully they would have a small snack for us. \u00a0Hahahaha (again). \u00a0Free snacks on a legacy carrier? \u00a0Not likely. \u00a0Not even a bag of stinkin peanuts or pretzels.<\/p>\n
So cue mommy buying exorbitantly priced chex mix and rationing it between the two girls for the entire flight (sneaking just a few for myself and my quiet little tummy traveler). \u00a0Of course, Sugarplum wants milk to go with her snack. \u00a0Does the airline have milk? \u00a0Short answer, yes. \u00a0Flight attendant’s response to my request: “We only have milk for the coffee.” \u00a0WHAT?!?! \u00a0You mean my two year old cannot have 1\/2 a cup of milk? \u00a0Had my sanity been fully in tact I would have requested a cup of coffee, milk, no sugar hold the coffee but I was way past my optimal thinking phase by then. \u00a0Alright, give me a cup of super sugary apple juice which I do everything in my power to keep my kids away from (because the water in her supply cup is just not going to cut it, not today, not for 4 hours). \u00a0And cue 3 more hours of sleeplessness along with demands to go potty during\u00a0turbulence\u00a0and a ridiculously long lavatory line of adults who probably don’t even need to go but just need something to do.<\/p>\n
Ho hum. \u00a0Guess I’ve learned my lesson and I know who NOT to travel with next time.\u00a0 Just thankful our return flight is with a much friendlier airline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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