In early July we took both kids on a flight to Cincinnati and then to Dayton to celebrate the bi-annual family reunion.
A special event this year was that Sonia and Dalton got to meet their first 2nd cousin 🙂
Both kids were really good on the flight. Dalton was not yet too mobile to be annoying, and Sonia was well entertained in her own seat by colors, books, and her new Curious George magnets. Newly potty trained, Sonia was amazing about going to the bathroom in all sorts of strange toilets – with the help of her Elmo travel seat.
One new thing that the kids handled surprisingly well was sleeping in the same room. They are both very good sleepers, but we worried about what the time change and the noise of the other sleeping in the same room would do to them, but they both did way better than we expected, they handled it with ease.
At the reunion, there were lots of family members to entertain the little ones. Also, drone helicopters, elaborate coloring, corn hole, ladder golf, a nearby park, and lots of good food, kept everyone entertained.
Sonia was surprisingly good with the 4 & 6 year old girls. too. She played with them in the kiddie pool, and followed them into the bathroom with their glow sticks to see what they had to show. She definitely was nervous, but learning from the interaction.
Back in Cincinnati, we got the chance to visit the updated riverfront, and Sonia had wonderful time at the Splash Pad, to beat the heat.