Mommy Dinosaur
Friday, March 07, 2008
We are blest with comfy accomodations, staying with Sunny in Jonathan & Daniela Augustine's flat. Their son, Josiah, has quite a collection of dinosaurs that Lydia remembered quite fondly. My dear sweet Lydia (whose dollies never venture outside of their baby beds) is proving to be quite a doting momma to Josiah's dinosaurs. The dinosaurs took lots of naps today, during which the rest of us could only talk in hushed whispers. After naptime they all climbed on the couch for movie time. Such lucky little dinosaurs!
We're Back!
We're back in Prague and it feels surprisingly "normal" to me. I thought I would feel out of place, but it feels like we never left. Lydia seems to remember most everything and I assume she'll get tired of me asking "Do you remember........?" by the end of the week.
We had an insanely tight connection in Atlanta as we were flying over. Our flight from Milwaukee kept being delayed, and what was supposed to be a 1-1/2 hour connection ended up as a 20 minute connection. For those of you who are familiar with Atlanta's airport, you realize how seemingly impossible it is to make it from Concourse C to E in 20 minutes with a small child and 2 overloaded backpacks! I was shouting "Come on Lydia, run FAST!" all the way. After dropping her backpack, complaining her pants were falling down and telling me she had to go potty (of course!) I ended up carrying all the bags AND her. We made it to the gate with -10 seconds to spare. The door to the jetway and airplane were already closed and locked. I am sure that the fact I was toteing a small child (along with my frantic prayers) was the only reason they still let us on the plane. It honestly was a miracle that they reopened the doors. Lydia was an angel on the flight (it's SO easy to travel with ONE 4 year old!). But, as you can imagine, none of our four checked bags were traversing the baggage claim belt in Prague. Thankfully, we're staying with Sunny and we're in good hands. She supplied us with sleeping shirts and laundry facilities and our bags arrived today at noon, in good order.
Signs I am in Prague:
- Public places are smokey.
- While waiting in line for passport control, Lydia said, "Mom, I don't think we're in Wisconsin anymore..."
- Could customer service BE any slower???
- Personal space? I think NOT.
- Beer. It's not just for breakfast anymore.....
- "Hi. I am a beer truck and I will drive right up on this public sidewalk and you WILL move out of my way. Because I am a beer truck."
- Sunny + Latte
Oh, it's good to be back!
We had an insanely tight connection in Atlanta as we were flying over. Our flight from Milwaukee kept being delayed, and what was supposed to be a 1-1/2 hour connection ended up as a 20 minute connection. For those of you who are familiar with Atlanta's airport, you realize how seemingly impossible it is to make it from Concourse C to E in 20 minutes with a small child and 2 overloaded backpacks! I was shouting "Come on Lydia, run FAST!" all the way. After dropping her backpack, complaining her pants were falling down and telling me she had to go potty (of course!) I ended up carrying all the bags AND her. We made it to the gate with -10 seconds to spare. The door to the jetway and airplane were already closed and locked. I am sure that the fact I was toteing a small child (along with my frantic prayers) was the only reason they still let us on the plane. It honestly was a miracle that they reopened the doors. Lydia was an angel on the flight (it's SO easy to travel with ONE 4 year old!). But, as you can imagine, none of our four checked bags were traversing the baggage claim belt in Prague. Thankfully, we're staying with Sunny and we're in good hands. She supplied us with sleeping shirts and laundry facilities and our bags arrived today at noon, in good order.
Signs I am in Prague:
- Public places are smokey.
- While waiting in line for passport control, Lydia said, "Mom, I don't think we're in Wisconsin anymore..."
- Could customer service BE any slower???
- Personal space? I think NOT.
- Beer. It's not just for breakfast anymore.....
- "Hi. I am a beer truck and I will drive right up on this public sidewalk and you WILL move out of my way. Because I am a beer truck."
- Sunny + Latte
Oh, it's good to be back!
