It’s 4:45 AM and you’ve just arrived in Miami International Airport
after taking the scenic route
you somehow forgot you booked when you scored that super cheap plane ticket
months back. Your trip isn’t finished yet. You still have to catch your flight to your final destination in Tampa,
Florida, but your connecting flight doesn’t depart for 3 hours, 48 minutes, and too many more painful seconds
to count. At this point it’s probably best to close your eyes for a bit and hope this long layover passes with a
quickness, but you feel the presence of some little person beside you. You open one eye to find the little busy bee
smearing mushy Nilla Wafers on the seat next to you. A regular Picasso you think, but where is the creature’s
mother? You suddenly realize there are two small creatures and the oldest one is somehow demanding the most attention
from mum, though she isn’t the one now throwing the mushy wafers at the uniformed Air Force Officer sitting directly
across from little Picasso.
“My God!” The words ring over in a harmonious drugged-like echo with the young creature’s infectious
giggle intertwined. Do you call Nanny 911 or use your laptop to google ways to tame the children during this painful
long layover? In my situation I did neither, but I wanted to badly. When I finally closed my one opened eye I
couldn’t help wondering why the mother hadn’t. Or had she? As a promise to the those of us out there without
hyperactive children or kids at all I thought I’d leave at least one recommendation for parents traveling with
children. Please don’t let them smear wafers on the seats and when they do please clean it up.
Also, if you’re traveling with the kiddies for the first time don’t forget to look-up some plan A-Z’s to keep them
busy on the plane or on long airport layovers.
About dot com is a great resource
tool for car games, which I’m sure will work just as fine on the plane so long as you’re not playing ‘Slug-Bug.’ You
can start your searches by clicking
here. Thanks in advance for your efforts.