Midwest trek
Z has visited 8 U.S. states and 1 Canadian province - Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, British Columbia. He continues to be a worthy and fun travel companion. John left for London on Thursday and Z and I flew to Chicago on Friday. /* I burst into song - "just the two of us. We can make it if we try, just the two of us, you and I..." */
Z only slept for 20 minutes during the day and not at all on the flight. After that many hours of not sleeping and all of the stimulation from the airport, airplane, and what not, you'd think a 20 month old would have been beyond cranky. Instead, I am blessed. As we waited to be the last off of the plane, Z waved goodbye to every person who passed our seats. As we waited for our ride, he waved to every taxi and bus that passed. Z was ecstatic each time someone waved back, usually with a big grin.
On Sunday, we drove the 4 hours to great-grandma's house with ease and the ride back to Chicago on Wednesday was especially fun after I stumbled onto the satellite radio - goodbye Clint Black, hello Terrence Trent D'arby!! Since we were having such good travel karma, on Thursday we went to Michigan to pick apples and pumpkins. That trip started out a little rough - he fell asleep 15 minutes from the pumpkin farm and within minutes of waking up he was face-to-face with a Halloween ghoul and that was kind of it for the pumpkin farm. He was back in good form at the apple orchard, helping granny fill and carry the bushel.
Our flight home on Saturday was also a breeze. My fingers are crossed that trips with him will be this fun well into his 30s. Next stop Spain? :)
More photos of our trip are available in the "midwest 2007" set.
Z only slept for 20 minutes during the day and not at all on the flight. After that many hours of not sleeping and all of the stimulation from the airport, airplane, and what not, you'd think a 20 month old would have been beyond cranky. Instead, I am blessed. As we waited to be the last off of the plane, Z waved goodbye to every person who passed our seats. As we waited for our ride, he waved to every taxi and bus that passed. Z was ecstatic each time someone waved back, usually with a big grin.
On Sunday, we drove the 4 hours to great-grandma's house with ease and the ride back to Chicago on Wednesday was especially fun after I stumbled onto the satellite radio - goodbye Clint Black, hello Terrence Trent D'arby!! Since we were having such good travel karma, on Thursday we went to Michigan to pick apples and pumpkins. That trip started out a little rough - he fell asleep 15 minutes from the pumpkin farm and within minutes of waking up he was face-to-face with a Halloween ghoul and that was kind of it for the pumpkin farm. He was back in good form at the apple orchard, helping granny fill and carry the bushel.
Our flight home on Saturday was also a breeze. My fingers are crossed that trips with him will be this fun well into his 30s. Next stop Spain? :)
More photos of our trip are available in the "midwest 2007" set.
Labels: apple-picking, grandma, grandpa, great-grandma, midwest, traveling
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