Aeroplane Over The See
Tonight we leave bound for Florida on the red-eye. Our second aero-trip with Archer, and longest journey yet. I was scared out of my mind last year and for no good reason. Archer was great. He loved the flight and fell asleep with his face pressed against the window, watching the clouds bend and drift and disappear.
Archer packs his belongings quickly and effortlessly.
I’ve been relatively laid back this go round. I went to Target and spent waaaay too much on airplane toys and doo-dads and distractions in case Arch decides he doesn’t want to sleep. All the good stuff I loved as a kid. Etch a Sketch. MagnaDoodle. M&Ms. Not to mention never-before-read books. Tractors. (Archer loves him some John Deere. Yeehaw!) And DVD’s. I even purchased the biggest carry-on bag ever because there was no effing way I was going to fit my vast assortment of shit in anything I owned. Check it:
Giant hobo-luggage by Betseyville. I was unable to find this bag online but this one’s pretty adorable.
I have managed to cram EVERYTHING including my computer bag (with computer, plugs, the whole nine), notebooks, books as well as Hal’s in-flight entertainment into this bad-boy… So we have one carry-on between us. Booyah! Totally girlscouterrific, I say:
Of course, we keep joking, with all this stuff we’re bringing, Archer will likely sleep through the flight and need none of it. Which would be awesome, don’t get me wrong! That’s what we’re trying to accomplish, after all. Peace and quiet and a few hours sleep…
(I’m knocking on wood.)
We shall see. In the meantime, I’ll be falling over the escalators at LAX trying to balance my wide load.
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I feel ya! We’re heading out on our first 6+ hour road trip with our 10-month old girls. I’m taking so much stuff for them that they could literally never step foot in this house again and be just fine!
Meh, if he sleeps, then you can use the Etch-a-Sketch!
Bon voyage!
Cute, cute, cute! I love Betsey Johnson. Have a great trip!
Oh, and I forgot to say – also love the song reference. Such an amazing band, such an amazing song. It always makes me feel teary, it’s so good.
Don’t forget though that you’ll have to take some of that stuff out of the bag at security (I think the laptop) so I wish you luck in navigating barefoot through the scanners! But one bag, that’s amazing. Wish I could do that.
You got the bag!!!
So I am reading and got hung up on your word “girlscouteriffic” because I read it as if there were two o’s in scout. I am such a tool but I can’t stop giggling.
Good luck. And please pass on any good tips you come across. Crabmommy will soon embark on a 35-odd hour trip from Wyoming to Africa, 3-yr-old Crabtot (and she is very crabby these days) in tow. If your red-eye gets rough, picture five red-eyes and then picture me, catatonic, completely fried-n-red-eyed and ready to flush myself down the airplane ‘loo! Speaking of big bags, mine’s getting prepped and it’s at least twice my size. Isn’t flying such a delight?? Don’t forget to decant Archer’s drink-of-choice into a 2 oz. bottle and have it in that Ziploc bag along with your moisturizer. Bon voyage!