If you read the blog post about our kids’ birthday or follow us on instagram, then you already know how OBSESSED our kids are with transportation. Up until now, it’s been mainly trains (we can literally sing the Thomas song backwards) and what the kids like to call “mighty machines”. You know…bulldozers, combines, backhoes, excavators…basically anything that is humungous and makes lots of noise. 😉 Well, out of the blue Spencer blindsided us with a new plane obsession. We think it has a combination to do with the movie “Planes” that their grandparents got for them, and the fact that we recently took a plane for our vacation back in March. He came up to us one day and said, “Mommy? Daddy? I would like to take plane ride.” Now, we don’t have any big trips planned for a long time, and this child has a memory like an elephant, however he’s also extremely impatient and would undoubtedly remind us that he wants to ride on a plane EVERY DAY until it happened!
Stephanie has a super awesome friend, Dan, who used to take her and all of their friends out in occasional plane rides in his family’s little 4 and 6 seater planes. He had is instructor’s license back in high school, has perfect pitch, went to school for music (in which he is INSANELY talented), and is now a first officer for Endeavor. Yeah. We have pretty cool friends. 😉
He was more than happy to take us up in his little plane! When we got to the airport, the boys were completely enamored with the hangar and all the planes. And Dan was super awesome and explained everything that he was doing during his inspection.
Spencer was looking around while Dan was checking everything and said, “Yep! Everything seems to be in order!”
They thought the fact that the plane had to pee was pretty darn hilarious. :p
Dan tried to get Spencer to sit in the left seat so he could “fly the plane,” but Spencer flat out refused. He said he wasn’t properly qualified. Yes. We’re serious. :p
Spencer was sooooo awesome when we were up in the air! He insisted on holding mommy’s hand the whole time, and Dan seemed to be really impressed that he didn’t throw up even once (thanks for the warning Dan… :p). We flew over Lake Eerie, learned about peninsulas and islands, found baseball fields, and realized how small combines look when you’re high in the air. We’re both so proud of how brave he was the whole time! He even yelled, “Weeeeeee!” when we came in for a landing!
Cayden decided to stay behind. 🙂
But he was really glad when mommy was back on the ground. 😉
It’s no secret that we love to travel, and the older our kids get, the more we’re able to do it, and the more interested they are in traveling with us! We’re so grateful to Dan that he gave our kids this wonderful experience. Our kids are our motivation for everything, and we love taking them places! Just because you have kids doesn’t mean you can’t travel, and just because you travel doesn’t mean you can’t take your kids. Commercial flying will be a breeze now, and we can’t wait!
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