Ok, ok, so we weren't stationed in Germany, but Ausfahrt is a way better word than exit, escape, flee...etc. Due to some misplaced electronics and sanity, I'm a little behind the power curve with my posts. So, if you don't mind a quick trip back in time as the Conderman kids have one last hoorah at destroying the ambiance of European cities...the date was 11July.... and I fed the kids doughnuts for breakfast...because...i....never...learn....
So, on July 11th, the kids and I wake up to catch a cab to the bus to take us to a Hotel near Heathrow. I watched my daughter lapse into a perfect cockney British accent while speaking with the cab driver only to turn around and yell at Eli in perfect Midwestern American Drawl. My sweet little bilingual angel...so we arrive at the hotel, spend the day swimming, and then we decided to dress up fancy and go have one last meal in a British hotel before flying home the next morning. Eli has had enough fancy at this point....
My kid after way too much chocolate!
Yummy....some days I really hate my 30 year old metabolism! The fruit salad just wasn't as...um...fancy.
Ava channels Grandpa Conderman for this picture...
So, (out of order as usual), here we were waiting for the bus before the yummy chocolate meal. The kids entertained themselves by putting together puzzles at the bus stop!
Yes, it took a few tears of the damsel in distress variety, but I got all you see in this picture home to Indiana by myself...ok, maybe more than a few tears;)We actually did really well on the flight home right up until the last hour. Eli hadn't had a nap so, he decided to take off his shoe and fling it at the people across the aisle, who were eating. While I was giving Eli "what for" in the airplane bathroom , 30 thousand feet in the air, the kid looks at me deviously, and licks (yes licks) the toilet seat...of the airplane bathroom. Eli also got to taste airplane bathroom soap for dessert...poor kid. No more international flights until they are safely addicted to some kind of handheld video game. More to come on tooth fairies, dinosaurs, and tree climbing:)
2 comments:
Oh, you and your people make me laugh. And the toilet? Oh. no. he. didn't.
So I feel your pain on the airplane... although your picture of stuff looks small compared to what this "smart" woman thought she could handle all the way back to the UK, alone with a 1 yo and a 2 yo... Love the toilet seat story--reminds me of the time Eli licked the floor... in the bathroom... at Burger King on Lakenheath... Hahaha, great memories!!! Miss you guys! :)
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