Ohmigosh! A big show with Big Jet!!

Okay, I didn’t take any pictures of the jets and planes with the iphone. Here are a few of the kids at the show. Greg has more and better pictures. He took over 3000 pictures of the air show along with a few of the kids. It will be a while before they are sorted through and on our photo website.

First the weather was deceptive. I layered myself and the kids. When we got to the airport it felt nice. We didn’t know all the rows of cars were breaking the wind. It was very windy. William didn’t care but MaryVic fussed about it a bit. Of course he could have been fussing too and I just didn’t know what he was saying.

I gave them sandwiches as soon as we got there around 11:30. MaryVic refused to sit on the blanket on the ground at first. She put her blanket down on the asphalt and sat there. We relocated closer to the fence where Daddy was standing and she lost her spot.

Checking out the view with Daddy.

William took off to hang with Daddy. He crawled up there several times and it was quite amusing to everyone. He would chant “DaDADAdadadaddy…” the whole way there.

He played on the fence some. I put shoes on him because I knew the ground would be wet and he would be warmer with shoes on.

and back to Momma. He did the same thing crawling back, “Momomomoma…” all the way.

He did this a few times. Crawl to Daddy, hang out, go back to Momma, rest and repeat.

Unlike William, MaryVic did not nap on the way or while we sat in traffic for over an hour to get to the airport. She was okay but fussy.

She decided she wanted to lay in the wagon after one meltdown.

William had to cover himself and hide to but it was more of a game. Too much going on for napping.

MaryVic didn’t have that problem though. William was hiding from the noise of the jet as it would boom past. She never noticed and slept through it.

Eventually she stretched out. William was still able to get his snacks out of the wagon though.

She woke up before the Blue Angels took off and I held her through that part of the show. She did enjoy it. Said the jets and planes were loud. William was oblivious. Yes, plane, great! Now let me get back to climbing in and out of the wagon. He saw me putting the seats down for sister so once she was out he was clambering in and out of it, putting the seats up and down. I had been helping him in and out of it but he worked out a system on his own.

The show was great. I felt bad for leaving without staying to applaud the Blue Angels but we had been out there for over 4 hours in the wind and cold already. Greg was ready to go and the idea of being in the car, out of the wind, was most appealing. The kids were ready to go and we rolled along back to the van. Thank goodness for heated seats!! It was very surprised to see the van’s temperature gauge reading 59 degrees. Yeah, right…

We grabbed dinner on the way home and took the kids straight to bath upon arrival. I made sure William got some tylenol before falling asleep. It was quite a neat day. I’m very glad that we finally got to see a Blue Angels show. Greg said it was the low ceiling show because of the clouds. Well, gee, you mean we’ll just have to do it again! Somehow I don’t think that will be a problem for anyone in our little group.

Progress report!!

I have no pictures because I was assisting William but he did stand up briefly with no support. Very pleased with himself and it was a good effort on uneven ground.

He decided the time was right to start walking too. He was hanging onto my hands for balance but we circled the wagon 4 times or so before he stopped. I was so pleased. Another lady walked by and said ‘You go little guy!” I told her this was his first attempt at walking since he broke his femur and she cheered him on some more.