Jet Lag

When we booked our flights a few months ago we thought it would be smart to book a Red-Eye flight so that the children would be able to sleep through it. It worked out great for them, but we didn't get nearly the sleep we needed. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 12:50am Saturday morning from the Edmonton Airport and was delayed until almost 2:00am because the airport was on Red Alert. We had to wait for the lightning and rain to let up before we could board our plane for take off. By the time we got on board the children were pretty tired. Camilla snuggled up in her seat with her little pillow and watched the lights out the window. Hyrum cuddled into me during take-off which was perfect. They dimmed the lights just as we started heading out to the runway. As soon as the Boeing 737 picked up speed Camilla exclaimed, "We're flying Mum!". She was thrilled. Everyone around us got a cute chuckle at her little voice as she chattered away during lift off.



Hyrum was awake for the first hour of the flight and sat on my lap pointing at the mini TV screen in front of him. He was in pretty good spirits considering how tired he was. After the seatbelt sign went off we made him up a bottle in hopes that he would fall asleep. I bounced him in the bathroom during some turbulance and then got stuck between the drink carts and couldn't make it back to my seat. Mr. Stannix and I nodded in and out for the rest of the flight with our children sleeping around and on top of us. At one point I apologized to Mr. Stannix for hogging the arm rest and he just smiled and looked to his right where his other arm rest was completely covered with a sleepy little girl. We both giggled quietly.  

Soon the sun started to come up. I was really jealous of the passangers on the other side of the plane because the orange glow was just out their windows. I love sunrise and sunset on the plan, so gorgeous! Camilla woke up for a few minutes and checked out the puffy clouds, then nodded off again. Both kids slept through the landing. Because of the late take-off, they were holding our next plane for a few of us. Mr. Stannix grabbed our carry on bags, I carried Hyrum and a sleepy Camilla followed close behind. Her legs were so tired, but her mouth was moving a million miles an hour. She hurried to keep up to Daddy, swaying and adjusting her tired legs as she went. It was super cute. Hyrum slept through the next take off and most of the next flight from Toronto to Halifax. Camilla was still super tired and fell asleep sitting up. We finally landed and got our rental car and took off to find some lunch. It was a busy morning and we were all pretty beat.



We found a place to stop for lunch in Dartmouth. Just as we parked Camilla barfed up goldfish crackers all over herself and her seat (none on the car thankfully). I think all of the commotion and lack of sleep had finally caught up to her. Luckily I had packed a change of clothes in the carry on for each of the kids. She spent the rest of the afternoon carrying around a plastic bag for security and feeling motion sick. Hyrum had enough of sitting and protested his carseat like nobodies business. Finally we got everyone in the car and settled and we took off to find our Hotel for an afternoon nap. We got to cross one of the two toll bridges from Dartmouth to Halifax. It's neat because you roll down the window and throw a loonie into a basket and then the gate opens and you're allowed to cross. It was such a long, neat looking bridge.



We got to our hotel and they let us check in early. We unloaded everything and went up to the room for naps. Mr. Stannix turned on the TV for our sick girl and she eventually zonked out amongst the fluffy pillows on our big bed. Hyrum sat on the couch and watched and then eventually crashed. When we all finally awoke it was dinner time. We thought we would check out Peggy's Cove and headed in that direction. We stopped for dinner at Jack Astors Grill. I had a classic burger and a miklshake and Mr. Stannix ordered the Salmon (it was delicious). Sadly the children didn't touch their dinner, and Camilla still felt like barfing. Hyrum, however, really enjoyed my milkshake.



When dinner was finished we decided it was too late and dark to head out to Peggy's Cove, so we just went back into Halifax for the evening. The kids were pretty tuckered, so we put them both in the stroller in hopes that they would fall asleep and headed down to the harbour for our first look at the tall ships. Everything was lit up and people were everywhere. The ships looked so cool! We spent the evening cruising around the harbour and looking at each ship. Some of them even had pirates dressed up on board. At the end of the night we made the long trek up hill and back to our hotel room. The children tucked into their beds no problem, and Mr. Stannix and I weren't far behind!