NYC, Look Out!!

Our day started at 3:30 am, when I got up to shower and Markus was so excited he popped out of bed!

Joli thankfully slept until about twenty minutes before I was ready to go. Sweet, sweet child!!

I completely underestimated how heavy everything would be, and that Markus would be so tired/excited that he would be able to hold his bag or walk by himself. I felt like a pack mule!

Once we were on the plane everyone was super happy. So happy in fact that Markus just couldn't sit still and we fought the entire time we were taxiing out to the runway and waiting to take off, because he wanted to take off his seatbelt!

It was such a fascinating thing to him that he could unbuckle and buckle himself, I might just see if I can find him one to play with!

They were happy, happy, happy to check  every thing out that they could see.

Going over the Colorado Rockies was beautiful!!

The next 3&1/2 hours was someone torture. Markus does not do well confined to a 6x2 space, especially when he's super tired/excited and spinning out of control. About a half hour before we landed he said he wanted to go home. Then literally four minutes before we landed he fell asleep, and I had to try and hold him up in his seat while we landed, which he slept through!

Joli was getting pretty bouncy as we waited to get off the plane.

Because we were going through a huge airport that I've never been in, I decided to put Markus in the pack back. He was super pissed, it was incredibly hot, and I also had to carry three bags while I searched for our bus.

It took awhile for our bus to come because there wasn't enough room on the first one, so I had to sit on the curb with two tired, hot, sweaty, hungry, and thirsty children. I got into an altercation with someone who screamed at Markus and pulled him back because they thought he was too close to the curb (I was standing right there, he wasn't doing anything wrong, there were no cars, and DON'T TOUCH MY KID WHO WAS NOT SCREAMING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX HOURS!!!!)

Once we were on the bus Markus immediately had to pee, then wavered back and forth between about to melt into a horrible mess at my feet and "look mommy, look!". Joli was super sweet. She was just as tired, hot, and hungry, but sat next to me quietly and even tried to calm her brother when he was upset. Once we checked in to our hotel room, we walked around the corner to Burgers and Cupcakes, where we got our food to go. Came back and had a picnic on the floor in the air conditioner, watched some tv, and were all in bed before 8pm! It was a completely exhausting day, but tomorrow we will be well rested and ready for another adventure!