Aurora behaved remarkably well on our plane trip this weekend. I do not know why it catches me off guard when this happens. Aurora is always a pleasure and a delight. Why should it be any different if we are in a plane counting cars and clouds from far above?
The airline did its part. Aurora thought pretzels for breakfast were super cool. But I still came prepared with an arsenal of busy bags and my ultimate weapon—Aurora’s Busy Book.
If you ever find yourself faced with taking your toddler on a plane, I highly recommend crafting a busy book. For starters, having all activities contained in one book was highly convenient for the tiny space a coach seat allows. Plus, by the time we made it to all the way to the end, she was ready to play with the first pages again.
Trains, planes, and hot air balloons went “up and down.” So too did the three little pigs (with special attention given to the pig in the yellow house). Buckles fastened. Ribbons tied and braided together. Zippers zipped. Diamonds, artifacts, and fossils were excavated. Beads were counted. An egg metamorphosized to a tadpole to a pollywog to a frog.
