In a few short hours I will be on a plane with Calvin and Fudge, trapped in a very confined space with two hyper, scared and anxious little boys. They have never been to an airport, never been on a plane and have yet to meet half of the family that we are going west to visit. It will be a long flight. To be honest with you I am feeling overwhelmed at the thought of it.

So how do I travel all the way across the country without going crazy? Well I have a few tricks up my sleeve, I hope they work 

• Each child has a small bag with a zipper to pack full of little toys they would like to bring
• They can each bring a stuffie, they are both still comforted by stuffies
• I have bags of treats to dispense each hour of our journey. They start with a big bag that has books, paper and new markers in it. Then there are smaller bags for each hour with games, lego type toys, invisible pen books and so on.
• We went to library and choose some comic books and such to bring
• I have a portable DVD player with a new movie
• I will bring my ipod with some music on it to calm a disregulated kid
• I have a complete change of clothes in their carry on in case of disaster.
• I have anti-nausea medicine.
• They each have a bag of snacks, nothing to sweet but things they do not often get home. Nothing like a food dye to keep a kid happy.
• I have snickers bars for me!
• When we get off the plane and their doting grandparents are there to meet us I will make sure that the first place we go is a licensed restaurant because I will need a glass of wine.

Please let me apologise now if you are sitting near us, we will be noisy. I was thinking about handing out earplugs as I went to our seats but I think that might send the wrong message.

All that being said I am really looking forward to two weeks on the west coast, I miss the ocean.