I decided to be courageous and take the kids on a flight by myself. Cora had 3 weeks off for Christmas break, and the last week had some crazy cheap flights. So we were off to Dallas!
First things first... I borrowed Kindles for the kids and bought headphones. They did not make a PEEP the whole drive down to Irvine. It was so amazing.
I tried bringing James's car seat with me through LAX security. It was a DISASTER. Thankfully I had checked our bags (i put all our clothes in one giant suitcase), because this would have been impossible. But when I got to our gate, I found out that our airplane was "remote". Which meant we had to go down 2 flights of stairs and onto a bus. With a giant stroller and car seat? There's no way. As I was trying to figure out what to do, with 2 kids who were trying to run away, nearly in tears, a man saw my plight and took pity on me. He grabbed the stroller and took it down the stairs and onto the bus for me. Everyone learned James's name quickly (of course) and when the man disembarked they said "follow your dad James!". So I needed to explain that that wasn't his dad, just a nice stranger who helped me.
Flight was chaotic but successful, basically. We were just glad to make it to Dallas and see our cousins!
Benson is the cutest. He's so happy and smiley most of the time, but he's unsure about the swing.
This picture just cracked me up.
The kids loved playing on the trampoline. We may have to buy one!
Pictures by Lucy:
One of the things I love about Dallas are all the nice trails. We went to the arboretum.
We also go to visit their "Fun Club" and swim. So nice in January!
More pictures by Lucy:
Even a filter!
They just opened a Fiiz in Frisco, so we got to go! The kids drinks are RIDICULOUS.
Since Dallin and Alyse live a mile apart, we walked from house to house.
I wish they had a indoor play place like this in Visalia!
And another Texas staple- Buc-Ee's!
Dane was so nice to James!
And on our last day, it SNOWED. Cora said "I am FREAKING OUT. Why is it SNOWING???"
Thankfully, the flight home was much less chaotic than the flight there. I am glad we went, but I think it may take a while to get the nerve to fly with the kids by myself again!
