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Seattle Trip
Last week Cooper and I made the trip out to Seattle for a couple reasons. First and foremost we wanted to meet our new nephew/cousin, Ike Robert Bruininks. We chose this particular week because Epiphany School - where my mom worked for many years - dedicated a memorial garden to her on November 15th and I wanted to be there (more on that later).
Other than hanging out with my sister's family and attending the dedication I had no agenda, which turned out to be a wise move. I didn't even make any plans with my Seattle friends. With four boys younger than five under one roof my sister and I pretty much spent all non-sleeping hours refereeing alpha-toddlers. We did manage a couple adventures, including a trip to the Museum of Flight (Cooper and I) and a ride on a Metro bus (Cooper, Henry & I).
Ike is a very cute and well-behaved little guy. He'll need to learn to use those lungs to get some attention in that busy household, but for the time being he is very content with the usual eat/sleep baby routine. Henry is a particularly attentive big brother, especially if Ike needs his binkie popped back in.
For those of you pondering airline travel with your toddler, I strongly recommend purchasing something that is guaranteed to hold your little one's attention for long periods of time. Cooper was a great traveler despite some less-than-ideal seat assignments on the 4+ hour trip from Chicago to Seattle (long story), but he never slept on the longer flights. Our saving grace was a DVD player with an ample supply of video choices and a long battery life.
You can view all of our photos from the trip at Flickr.
Definitely taking your advice on the dvd player for traveling w/ a toddler. :) I'm headed to Portland solo w/ one baby in Feb. Sounds like you guys had fun.. adn OH MY on the 4 boys under 5!!!! That Bruinicks gene is one strong gene isn't it!? :) How did Julie fair on her own?