This morning Jack and Sam got on a plane and flew to San Diego all by themselves. Jack was sad about spending the next two weeks away from us, but otherwise neither one of them ever expressed any concern about flying alone.
It was a weird feeling to watch them walk down the jetway and turn the corner out of sight. I should have taken my camera so that I could record that poignant moment, but instead I was reaching for my kleenex and trying hard not to cry because all the folks lined up to board that flight were watching.
Greg and I stayed and watched their plane take off and disappear into the clouds.
Later this afternoon the boys called us from Grandma's house and Jack said, "I'm so happy to be here!" Greg and I are going to Germany tomorrow to visit my brother and his wife. I'm really looking forward to our trip and I know Jack and Sam will have a blast in California with their grandparents and all their cousins.
All the same, while enjoying breakfast at a restaurant on the way home from the airport, Greg and I decided that next year all four of us are going to the same place for summer vacation.
Sam was carrying some liquid antibiotics in the standard quart-sized ziploc bag. After the security checkpoint, I was trying to put them back into his backpack but Sam was trying to put the backpack on his body. I ended up conking Sam in the head with the medicine bottle. He laughed and said, "I guess you just gave me a piece of my own medicine." Heh.
NO!!! I can not believe you did this to me!! Now, my in-laws are going to point at you and say, "If she can send her kids alone on an airplane, and they ARE the exact same ages as yours, why can't you??"
Thanks, I've been fighting this battle for ages.
Seriously though, you are a brave woman and I hope you all have fun. Glad the boys made it safely and hope they have a blast. I wish I'd known they were going there, we have a trip to Legoland planned.
Sam needs to just stop growing now. Now.
"a piece of my own medicine" haa! Cracks me up.
Posted by: Alisa | July 01, 2008 at 10:32 AM
WOW! I have two young boys too (mine are 4 and 5). I look forward to the day they are independent, and I fear the day they are independent!
Posted by: Amanda Louden | July 01, 2008 at 11:31 PM