So, We are back from our trip.
Not the success we were hoping for but visiting all the family on the other side of the pond seemed to go down really well. I guess I'll find out properly when and if another invite is sent out to us!
The next time we take on a journey like this, someone please remind me to buy something from anywhere, from anyone to knock the kids out. Our little un never slept for 20 hours and when he's awake, I am awake. I was getting to the stage where I couldn't keep my eyes open, but he was happily playing and singing, not too bad you may think, but take a moment and think to yourself..........You are in the seats around us and at 4 am you keep hearing 30 renditions of the alphabet song, loud renditions as he had his headphones on and then tell me if you'd be happy!?
We get off the aircraft at Heathrow and now he decides it's sleep time, "Carry me" and now Daddy has to somehow, one handedly get all the heavy suitcases off the conveyer belt.......As Mommy and Sister were trying to get through immigration/passport control......Bloody foreigners!!!
Well I did manage to do it, where's there's a will there's a way and off to the car we went.
A friend of Julie's met us at the airport and I in my infinite wisdom decided to drive home on the right side of the road, for all of you not to familiar, that's the left and low and behold, what did I find....The M25 carpark was tailed back for 45 miles until our turn off....it took me 2 hours to drive this distance and then another 3 to get home.
Then everyone but me had a second wind!!!!
Anyway 3 days later and we are managing to fall asleep at 5am and waking up around lunch time...Perhaps I need a drink or 2?
Let's see now if I can keep this blogging up again as I so many good stories about the rest of the trip and some weird and wonderful ones at that!
Not the success we were hoping for but visiting all the family on the other side of the pond seemed to go down really well. I guess I'll find out properly when and if another invite is sent out to us!
The next time we take on a journey like this, someone please remind me to buy something from anywhere, from anyone to knock the kids out. Our little un never slept for 20 hours and when he's awake, I am awake. I was getting to the stage where I couldn't keep my eyes open, but he was happily playing and singing, not too bad you may think, but take a moment and think to yourself..........You are in the seats around us and at 4 am you keep hearing 30 renditions of the alphabet song, loud renditions as he had his headphones on and then tell me if you'd be happy!?
We get off the aircraft at Heathrow and now he decides it's sleep time, "Carry me" and now Daddy has to somehow, one handedly get all the heavy suitcases off the conveyer belt.......As Mommy and Sister were trying to get through immigration/passport control......Bloody foreigners!!!
Well I did manage to do it, where's there's a will there's a way and off to the car we went.
A friend of Julie's met us at the airport and I in my infinite wisdom decided to drive home on the right side of the road, for all of you not to familiar, that's the left and low and behold, what did I find....The M25 carpark was tailed back for 45 miles until our turn off....it took me 2 hours to drive this distance and then another 3 to get home.
Then everyone but me had a second wind!!!!
Anyway 3 days later and we are managing to fall asleep at 5am and waking up around lunch time...Perhaps I need a drink or 2?
Let's see now if I can keep this blogging up again as I so many good stories about the rest of the trip and some weird and wonderful ones at that!
You Came, You saw and after 30 seconds You left!!
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