Our trip home was longer than the way there or so it felt. We flew United and we were all pretty excited to board and watch some movies. Imagine our surprise when we boarded our flight and it was such an old plane that there were no TVs. I literally almost threw in the towel right there. We managed to scramble and pay for Wifi on all our devices which worked on and off throughout the trip. Both boys actually stayed up for most of this flight and managed to both fall asleep right before we landed. Which meant we had to lug off the plane one carry one, one camera bag, one computer bag, one backpack of toys, one car seat and two sleeping babies. And let me tell you American airlines are not like Asian airlines. You have to man up and lug all that stuff off yourself! But we did it. I strapped Adam to my back and carried Malcolm and Randy lugged all the stuff. Such glamorous travelers we are.
We had a couple hours layover in Tokyo and Malcolm woke right up. And just in case you were wondering what Malcolm looks like after being up all night….here you go.
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| Special Handling 🙂 |
But, we made it. Our next flight was ANA and those stewardesses were so amazing I almost cried. It was the first flight the whole trip (the last three had been United) where they installed the car seat for me, helped me with my stuff and even offered to hold Malcolm while i strapped a sleeping Adam to my back and guess what there were TV’s!!!!!!
And I have to give credit where credit is due. I don’t remember any tears (except maybe mine when I realized the United Flight had no TV’s) at all the entire trip from either boy. They are troopers. And just like that we were back in Manila!
It was nice to be home and after a couple of jetlagged nights we were back to normal!
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| Excited to be reunited with all of our toys |
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| Not a bad view to return to. |
Oh and let me not forget the coffee and the wine!!!
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| (This is a hot chocolate…don’t worry my kids do NOT need any coffee, they are quite active enough) |
For Randy I’ll throw in the IPAs.
2. Running outside. I’ve never been that into running outside, but with views like these how can you not love it. Now that I’m back in Manila looking out at the parking lot from my treadmill, I am sorely missing these California runs. These Iphone pictures don’t do the beautiful views any justice but you just can’t run with a huge camera.
3. Shopping. To quote Randy, what I miss most about living in the US (besides friends and family) is consumerism. To that I say, Randy, sign me up! What’s not to love about Target!
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| Ready to shop! |
5. The Boardwalk. I fought this boardwalk at first. I had some Jersey shore high school flashbacks the first we went and not in a good way. But then we went back on a night where the boys ate early and everyone was in a good mood and I was hooked! Monday and Tuesday nights all rides are a dollar! So for so little the boys could try as many rides as they wanted! Seeing how excited the boys was amazing. It made me a bit nostalgic and wish that we could come back here every summer and watch the boys change and grow on the boardwalk.
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