We set off on Thursday, March 11 for sunny California and Thomas was so excited he couldn't stand it. He didn't even seem to mind that I dragged him out of bed at 6:30 a.m., because hey! We were going to California! We got through security pretty easily (luckily it was a calm morning at the Charleston airport and we were the only ones in line), which is saying something considering the fact we had two carry-on bags, a stroller and a carseat. Anyway, we got on the plane and he couldn't wait to take off!
He loved takeoff, he loved landing and he loved everything about being on that plane. Though I do think he's in for a bit of a rude awakening in future flights. We were able to fly first class the entire trip and that was worth every cent and Skymile. :) In the future though he might be shocked to see that people won't always be bringing him food and drink constantly and he won't have quite the wiggle room either (or anything close to it!).
One of his other favorite parts of the trip was the subway/underground tram-thing at the Atlanta airport. He loved, loved, loved, loved riding that thing. We had to ride it further than we needed just so he could have the thrill of the ride. We ended up in the first car at one point (I think it was when we took the tram back from our first ride all the way to E terminal and we needed to get back to B (we landed in A). Anyway, he sat right up in the front window and he was in absolute heaven.
The only way I could get him to get off that ride was to promise him that we would ride it much more when we returned in a few days. I knew we'd have a longer layover then.
Soon we were back on the plane and headed to California. They served us lunch and Thomas thought it was delicious. But his most favorite part of that leg of the trip was the television screen in the back of the headrest of the seat in front of him. He was again in heaven. Since he doesn't watch much television at home, he was almost comatose after watching Nickolodeon for two hours or so.
I did let him have his paci on the plane (and yes, I know that nearly-four year olds should not have pacis...and he is aware that he has to give it up on his 4th birthday in a few weeks (of course now he says he wants to be three forever!)), to help his ears and just generally to kep him happy. It must have worked because several passengers in first class commented on each leg of the trip about how well behaved he was and that they didn't even know there was a little boy behind them.
We finally made it to Los Angeles and Aunt Sheena and cousin Katherine were waiting for us when we arrived. Thomas was so happy to see his cousin Katherine. He had been looking forward to it for so long. Pretty soon, they were best buddies and they got along perfectly. At dinner they were being a little silly...but I had to snap this picture because it looked so California with the palm trees and pretty skyline in the background. But they wouldn't really be still...
Does he look happy, or what?
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