Our South Africa Trip Update.

Wow! How time flys. I can't believe we have been back from South Africa for almost 3 weeks already. We are back into our busy routine and ready for another vacation. I still maintain that 5 weeks is just not enough time to spend in South Africa with my family. Next time I will have to go for longer.
The trip there by myself with the 2 kids was really uneventful.
It was not as hard as I thought it would be and my kids were so very well behaved I almost thought they belonged to someone else. We had prep'ed them well for the trip and they did a great job. Josiah was a big help in pushing Naomi in the stroller and Naomi was quite happy to be chauffeured around. We flew Delta from Louisville to Detroit then to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam we switched to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. They did a wonderful job with the children on the flight. The flight attendants provided us with games for the kids and took good care of us. We were also allowed to board first. Even before 1st class. It was nice. I had ordered children's meals for them which was great. The food the children got was both healthy and kid friendly - BONUS! It was also served first, so I was able to help them with their meals before I got mine.
When we reached South Africa we had been traveling for close to 30 hours and we were exhausted. I was afraid that Josiah and Naomi would not want to be very friendly when we met my Mom and Dad, but that was far from the case. I was so excited that they both just ran up to Mom and Dad and gave them big hugs and kisses. From that very first instant all through our time in South Africa Naomi and my Dad were best of buddies. It was so good to see. She still says that she misses them and wants to go visit again.
After meeting my parents at the airport we had a 4 hour drive to their house. Which I might add my Dad did in 3 hours. I know we did some low flying and I think we hit some turbulence along the way. We arrived at their house at 2 in the morning at which time we all went straight to bed. Dad woke us up at 10 the next morning saying we needed to get up so we could get over jet lag. ARG! Jet lag is the pits and always worst on day 2.