The morning before we left for home, we took Finley to a nearby mall to run some of his energy out before getting on the plane. While he did a little running and climbing, he ended up mostly jumping. Looks like our nervous little chicken has officially flown the coop!
He pretended he was jumping into the pool just like he does in swim class. If you listen closely, that's what he's saying :) After one jump, that I wasn't taping, he came over and asked for a pretend towel to dry off his face with--what an imagination, eh?
All that fun paid off, as Finley took a short nap on the way to the airport and another on the way home in the car to our house, but was otherwise awake, cheery and an excellent travel companion! He loves everything about the airport and flying up in the sky. When we arrived at Reagan and Dan told him that our plane was not there yet, Finley quickly said, "Our plane still up in the sky, Daddy." He really gets things these days. He had a great time at the terminal playing with his trucks and watching planes take off and land all around, but the highlight was seeing our plane pull into the gate. Pilots! Cockpit! Gas truck! Suitcase cars! The pure joy is something to be seen!! Getting to watch a truck video on "his" laptop on the plane with his very own headphones was excellent...as were the JetBlue animal crackers!
We won't be flying anywhere for a while, which greatly disappoints Finley but something tells me whenever that next flight is, he will be pumped!
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