Keeping the Kids Entertained -- I hope.

We're heading out at 6am tomorrow morning for a fairly long trip to Central PA for my father-in-law's wedding. Its about 5.5 hours of flying combined between 2 flights followed by a 3 hours of driving. Yikes!

We've done a lot of cross-country travel with kids having always lived on the opposite side of the country as half of our family. I thought it might be helpful to document some handy things to have on a plane.

So here is what I packed for Simon:

• industrial strength kid headphones -- they break the earbuds in about 2 minutes
• new matchbox car
• mini helicopter,
• silly putty --this is awesome on the plane since it dissolves when it comes in contact with Purrell
• Yo Go dispenser -- also awesome since it is a little hard for them to work and it only dispenses one at a time
• a notepad & pen to draw pictures
• 1 magnet activity book
• 6 new books.

And I packed pretty much the same stuff for Ike, but replaced the magnet book with a Justice League sticker book. We have a bunch of shows on our iPods for the kids to watch. They don't mind the small screen and its way easier than fumbling with dvds.




And finally my backpack contents:

• medications: any and all we might possibly need.
• Purrell -- for removing germs AND silly putty
• snacks: Yo Go refills, skittles, and beef jerky
• Several Pens
• Wallet
• Phone
• Moisty Wipes
• netbook
• Mental Floss -- in the bizarre chance that I have a few minutes to read to myself.
• The boys' St. Christopher medals. (I am pretty sure the protection still holds even if they aren't wearing them.)
• iPod (currently charging)
• camera (taking the picture)
  

Even with all this planning, I know I'll forget something important.