Fly Through the Sky

Abby and I took a trip to New Hampshire last week. She was very excited to get on an airplane and "Fly Through the Sky" like the Wiggles song. At the security checkpoint she took off her shoes and put everything in the bins to go through the x-ray machine. She was such a big girl. Once it was time to get on the plane everything changes. She started to scream "I don't want to get on the plane." She was crying and would not get in her seat. The flight attendant tried unsuccessfully to calm her down. After a few minutes, the flight attendant came back and said to me "If you don't get her buckled in her seat you are going to have to get off of the aircraft. We are waiting for you so we can shut the door." So, the pressure was on and I forced her in her seat despite her screams! Five minutes later after singing and book reading, she was calm. She did very well with the take-off as long as I was singing a song to her. Luckily, she did even better on our connecting flight with NO crying.

We had a great time visiting in New Hampshire. We went to an amusement park called Story Land where all of the rides were Abby size. She rode everything from the roller coaster to all of the dizzy rides that I didn't dare ride. She also had an opportunity during the trip to go to the lake and ride on a ski boat... she loved it. We went up there to celebrate Grammie and Grampie Earl's 65th wedding anniversary and for some reason, Abby was very shy around them. Besides her shyness, we had a wonderful time.

Meanwhile, Steve and Jacob were left back in Texas. They had lots of fun being guys. They re-finished my dining room chairs (Dad did the chairs while Jacob rode his scooter and played on his slide) and went out for lunch and dinner since Mom wasn't here.

Abby did great on our return trip. She got to meet the pilots (she calls them "pirates") on each flight. Everytime we had turbulence, she would say "I want more bumps" and would yell "Go faster pirate!" We were very excited to come home and see Dad and Jacob.

Blake comes home tomorrow and Abby is so excited. She still gets a bit confused when we tell her Dylan is not coming home. He starts school in SC next week. We will miss him here!