We took the shuttle to the airport, packed the kids coats in our checked luggage and checked in. We had plenty of time because our flight left at 5:30, and we were through security by 1:30. We first let the grumpy/anxious/impatient kids eat McDonald's one last time before sitting down for the long wait. The kids stayed fairly well entertained while we waited, but Dejaquan did keep asking about every 15 minutes how much longer until it was time to go.
Dejaquan sat next to I and Norah next to Sarah for the first couple hours of the flight, but they switched when it was time to go to sleep. I don't know why Dejaquan wanted to sleep next to Sarah, but I guess it was because he had gotten tired of me and just missed his mother. Norah then seemed to be full of energy when there was nothing to do with the lights out (she managed to find lots with which to entertain herself like opening and closing the window cover). After only about 15 minutes, Sarah had managed to put Dejaquan to sleep. So Sarah & I switched again and while I began to type this in with my thumbs on my phone, within 15 minutes again she had worked her magic on Norah.
Near the end of the flight, breakfast was served at 4:30, 2 hours before the plane was scheduled to land, so I only managed to only get 1-2 hours of sleep. I think the kids managed to get 3-4 hours of sleep. Too bad at the time when breakfast was served the flight crew didn't know it would be delayed an hour due to needing to clear what was just an inch of snow off the runway. The pilot remarked that the airport must not be as used to dealing with snow as we are.
Bless their hearts, Verity & Stuart were still waiting for us outside baggage claim after having been there for over 1.5 hours waiting for us to land, get through customs and pick up our luggage. They said that the delay in the arrival time wasn't even posted until the expected time had came & went.
We rented a car, then had them drive us to their place where we got acclimated until it was time to go over to Verity's mum's for a traditional English Easter dinner. While Verity was at her Sunday morning church service, we took the kids to the local playground (pictures) where she met us and we had a short snowball fight before heading back. We played football on Stuart's Xbox until it was time to go.We went to Verity's mum's house to join Nuela and Verity's friend (and wedding planner), Allison , for the rest of the day for a lovely Easter dinner of roast of lamb. We played games (mainly Connect Four, but I also taught Stuart how to play Othello), had an Easter egg hunt, and Stuart and Dejaquan played football in the backyard.
We ended the day back at Stuart & Verity's place, playing some more Xbox football and baths for the kids.
