Here are the details of Friday (September 23):
We left around 8 that morning and headed to the Charlotte airport. It was raining so hard and we thought for sure our flight would be delayed because of the horrible weather. But it wasn't! Thank goodness! :)
After parking our car, we had to get on an elevator to go catch a shuttle bus to our terminal. After our short elevator ride, Fischer said "Yay! We're at Grandmommy's!" Um... nope! We have quite a bit more traveling to do before we get there! :) They weren't too sure about the shuttle bus ride at first, but then they decided to sing a "Wheels on the Bus" duet, so that helped them pass the time during our ride.
We didn't have to wait in the security line too long... good thing because standing still in a line is a major weakness of Fischer's. We got to our gate with plenty of time to spare, so we decided to get an early lunch. Then Scott and Fischer went to stock up on some snacks for the plane ride, just incase things got rough with the kids.
Finally we boarded!
And as expected, the kids got impatient while we sat on the plane at the gate waiting for everyone else to board. We did end up having to sit on the runway a bit longer than we'd hoped, but at least we were moving every couple of minutes, so that kept the kids somewhat entertained. Luckily we'd packed their blankets and "wubbies" so that helped them a little bit. Once we were in the air, Fischer fell asleep for about half of the flight and Addison played with some of the toys I'd packed in their backpacks.
And yes, we did have to get out the snacks. But, mainly because Fischer had seen Scott buy them and knew they were there, so he wanted them ASAP.
Once we landed, the kids were again impatient and wanted out of their seats. Finally we were able to get off the plane, and we headed to yet another shuttle bus to go get our rental car. We didn't have to wait long there, but Scott did have to install the car setas. We sort of thought that if we were renting them from the car rental place, they should install them for us?! But they didn't, so Scott had to do that in the rain (luckily it wasn't raining hard).
Then, we headed to see Scott's Grandmom and have a late lunch with her. Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot for the kids to do where she lives, and they had been sitting all day up until this point so they were a bit antsy. We did manage to spend about an hour with her though, so that was really good.
From there, we finally headed to Grandmommy K's house, where the kids were able to run around, up and down stairs, play the piano, chat on the phone, and have all sorts of fun.
We didn't get to play outside at all on Friday because the backyard looked like this... and no, that's not a pond!
They didn't go to bed until around 9:30 that night, which is late for them. Their adventure continued because they were getting to sleep on the floor in sleeping bags for the first time! We had NO clue how they would do, but they actually did great! It didn't take them long at all to fall asleep and they slept all night....but, they were up very early Saturday morning. I guess they were just extra excited to see what was going on that day. :) I wish I could've taken a picture of them sleeping in the sleeping bags, but I didn't want to risk waking them up with the flash.
Next up - Saturday's adventures. :)
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