August 23, 2010
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Family Vacation :: Playa Del Carmen/ Home :: Day Nine
Zoe’s Daily Funny:
So last night the hubs was brushing Zoe’s teeth. He always props her head on a pillow and makes her lie down and he brushes her teeth as she looks up at him. Sometimes she still gets fussy and antsy. So when she is good she wants to make sure that it is recognized. So after about 30 seconds in I could tell she wasn’t listening and he threatened to hit her. She was still being a punk so he grabbed her foot and I heard this little slap.
If I were Zoe, I would have laughed in his face at his slap. I think he’s scared that she’s going to like hate him. So as I was walking by I said…
Me: You didn’t even hit hard. You’re such a wus.
Hubs: (laughing)
Zoe: (pushing the toothbrush out of her mouth) Don’t hit. You’re such a wus. Unbelieval! (she’s trying to say unbelievable)
Hubs: What did she say?!
Me: Hahah She called you a wus.
After about a minute into the brushing I heard her say to her dad…
Zoe: (pushing the brush out of her mouth) Tell my mommy I listening.
Hubs: Ok. Mommy, she’s listening.
A few seconds later they were done and as she’s crawlling over to me on the bed she says…
Zoe: Mommy. I listen! It’s a lie!
What are you talking about?! No one said you weren’t listening you crazy girl.:: 07.12.10 :: Playa Del Carmen/ Heading Home :: Day Nine
Oh thank God this is the last entry! Don’t get me wrong. I loved our vacation but I feel like I’ve been on this topic FOREVER since I’ve been taking forever and a day just to post up an entry. I didn’t realize it was nine days. This whole time I thought it was eight! On this day we woke up, packed up our crap and headed to the airport. It was a nice long vacation but we were all ready to go back to ”Zoe’s castle” (mmmhmm that’s what she calls our house). I like the photo of her sitting on the gray chair. We grabbed a table and we were waiting for the hubs to pick up some food for us. So I whipped out my camera and everytime she thought I would take her photo she’d turn away. Then I’d yell out “HA. HA. I took it!” and then she’d turn to look which is when I’d actually take her photo. Haha we did this like 5 times. On the flight home she was really good again. We were really proud of her on the plane going there and coming home. She’s like that kid that you wouldn’t mind sitting behind you on a 5 hour flight. 13 hours I’m sure would be a COMPLETELY different story! I think she also felt like a big girl cause she got to use regular seat belts which she liked to click on and off and she got her own seat. By the time we walked in through our front door it was past 11pm.
My tips on travelling with kids on planes:
-Book an early flight. Have them sleep late and wake up early so they pass out on the plane. I think for this trip Zoe slept at like 11ish and we woke her up at 6am.
-Pack coloring books and crayons.
I also bought her some colored pencils for this trip.
-Pack quiet toys that don’t take up too much room in your bag and only bring them out one at a time when they really start to get fussy.
For this trip I bought her new Toy Story miniatures and Wikistix
-Pack books
For this trip I let her pack one thick Disney princess book which had PLENTY of stories to last her 2 weeks.
-Snacks, a juice box, and a bottle of water.
-A dvd player with a dvd book of her movies and headphones
Make sure that when you purchase a dvd player that it has a lock button so if you’re kid is really young they won’t be able to mess with the buttons. And make sure that the battery life is really good. Ours is only 2 hours.
-Also an ipod with their favorite music loaded up wouldn’t be bad either if they enjoy music.
Comments (12)
hahha…Zoe is too funny for calling daddy a “wus”.
You trained her well, Susan.
does he brush her teeth without water while she’s laying down? (don’t want her to choke on toothpaste or water if she’s laying down because she may not be able to protect her airway, that’s all)
she looks so content watching her UP dvd on the plane. =)
Zoe is so frickin precious!! haha
@Soapie - she still doesn’t know how to spit out the paste so we’re still using the one where she doesn’t have to.
hmmm, i wonder if the putting to bed late and waking up early thing would work for us…both of them fight their naps with every fiber of their being so it could result in whining, complaining for 5 hours.
@so_droll80 - i mean she was definitely tired but she wasn’t being cranky because we psyched her up all week about riding a plane and going to the ocean like ariel that she was like on really good behavior. like she knew any minute we were going to hop on the plane so i think she forgot to be cranky.
haha…zoe called your husband a wus. thats hilarious!
btw, i was about to ask how long your vaca was, you’ve been blogging like forever. but thoroughly enjoyed!
@pc1004rn - I KNOW IT WAS LONG MAN. i was getting tired of talking about it. hahaha now on to the funny stuff!
hahaha your poor hubs!! Zoe is too cute.
Even though it was long I loved the pictures and recap I also LOVE the traveling with a toddler details. I was not looking forward to our next plane ride and I am like doing a mental check list to make sure I don;t forget anything
zoe’s daily funnies crack me up! i feel like they should be compiled into a comic strip or something
they let you bring on juice?
@luminate - we bought it at the terminal.