Last weekend we had the opportunity to travel to my parent's house in Southern Cal. I attended a PA conference in Palm Springs and my parents graciously hung out with the little busy bee Forrest for the time. We were lucky enough to have a large room at Desert Hot Springs Spa and Hotel and Forrest had a grand time pool side picking up on the ladies. His shirt, "Chicks Dig Me" probably helped the mood a bit as well as his constant "HI, Hello, HIIIIII, thanks, thankyou" etc. etc. It was not just the younger ladies, but ladies of all ages were loving the blondie baby. As my mom said, all other grandmothers were quite jealous!
We had a bit of time at my parents house as well before and after the conference. Forrest had fun playing with a few old toys like snoopy...as you see below. He went around and around in circles through the kitchen and living room toting snoopy behind him. It was a crack up to see, specially for my parents who can remember my sisters and I doing the same thing.
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| Forrest riding the baggage cart like a champ, with "nomad" his most favorite car of all.... |
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| Forrest and his Grandpa were partners... |
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| Forrest enjoying kiddie pool time with his Granny in the background |
We had a great time, though again I have sworn off traveling on a plane with him. I did this after my trip back east and of course this trip came up and the trials disappeared. But I've realized this age is tough...at least when you have to sit on a jammed packed plane with no extra room and a 19 month old who just doesn't want to sit, and wants to do EVERYTHING that is just not cool to do at 32,000 feet. Part of the problem is that I didn't buy him his own seat, if they are under 2 they can fly on your lap. But that will soon end anyways as his big 2 year old milestone will creep up before we know it! Overall though we survived, albeit very tired and glad to be home. I now am fresh out of tricks and tips for keeping a kiddo occupied on the plane....and think that we are content to be home bodies for a time. But to spend 5 days with my parents was so worth it...
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I'm sooo happy to see a post here! I have been checking in all the time!
Looks like you had fun, though I don't envy your plane difficulties. After our trip to NY,we haven't been back on a plane with Jonah and I'm not sure that we will again before he turns 2. I don't have any ideas for this age group. They just want to run! And who can blame them?
Glad you had a great visit! Sorry we didn't get a chance to see you two...we ended up having a very busy weekend and Sara was also sad to not hang out.
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