Florida - Day 1

Its actually day end of day 2 - but we were that knackered yesterday blogging was out of the question :)

Anyway... we have been planning a family trip to Florida to see my sister for almost a year now. It has actually been 10 years since I have visited her in the US - so it was about time we paid a visit.

Yesterday was the big day and Luke was as Giddy as a Kipper when he got up - we actually had no problems getting him ready as he was raring to go. We got up at 5:00 a.m. to get ready for the 6:00 a.m. Taxi to the airport. We arrived at 7 a.m. at the airport and proceeded to get checked in.

As we were checking in the lady from Virgin told us some bad news :( - out flight was 2 1/2 hours late.

So we now had 5 1/2 hours waiting in the airport rather 3 - 3 being the standard time to arrive prior to an international flight.

To cut a long and boring story short - Luke was as good as gold - he had loads of fun running up and down the airport. We kept him entertained by giving him frequent trips to the shops to explore.

We boarded the flight around 12:30 and the flight set off around 1:00. As soon as it had set off Luke said "Are we nearly there yet?" :)

Luke was an absolute star on the flight - it was at least 8 hours and we only had a couple of minor tantrums - which was good. We had bought Luke lots of little treats which over the course of the flight we gave him - cars, crayons, figures etc.

I had a good flight - lots of G n Ts (to help with the nerves as I don't like flying), I finally got to see The Incredible Hulk film (which was ace, much better than the previous sham) and I slept through lots of the flight.

We arrived in the US around 7 p.m. and my sister and nephew Nic were waiting for us at the airport and Luke was very excited to meet his cousin.

We travelled home, gave our gifts, had Pizza and then straight to bed - we were all knackered.