Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Yet Another Long Journey

On the Saturday that he was set to leave for his latest trip overseas, Craig had lunch and dinner downstairs on the second floor with Craig's Taiwanese Grandmother (not pictured) and others.

The others included Craig's Aunty Jessie (aka Yu-fang) who was kept busy using her lung-power to blow up toys for her daughters.

Craig had been told many times about the upcoming trip to Australia so he wasn't concerned at all.

He was quite happy about trying out his car seat at home just before it was time to leave at 8pm.

After a smooth trip to the airport and a very friendly check-in, Craig headed straight to the play area where he had lots of fun with the Lego there.

He built a very tall tower that was knocked over by another kid causing Craig to race into action to rebuild it. He then stayed beside it, on the lookout for any other kids that might do damage to his tower. He only left it when Craig's Dad told him it was time to go to the gate to board their 11pm flight.

Craig was happy to be off the airplane in Brisbane. He looked pretty cool riding on top of the luggage waiting to get through Customs.

So, after a long and rather painful international flight, where Craig only slept about 6 hours, and then a much shorter, much less painful domestic flight, Craig was very happy to be sitting in his carseat riding to Grandma's house.

One of the first things Craig did after arriving at Grandma's house was help Grandma take her dog Buddy for a walk.

Craig still seemed to have plenty of energy so he and Craig's Dad went to another park that had a jungle gym. It was good to be off the airplane.

There's no pictures of the rest of the day because Craig fell asleep in his chair as soon as he had finished dinner at 7pm. It had been a long day and he'd built up a very large sleep debt the night before so he needed a big sleep.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What an intrepid little traveller he is.

Maree and I both wish we could be there, we have instead been spending the weekend at my sister's house, her son is only a few months younger than Craig, and I think they would get along (shared love of slides and playgrounds).

Hope he liked his presents!

love Aunty Anne

Dad said...

Hello Aunty Anne,

Say hello to Maree for us!

Anyone who likes slides would be a good friend for Craig. He had a great time playing with Bailey but more friends would also be welcome.

Craig hasn't seen his presents yet because his dad wants to save them up for Christmas Day in Taipei. Look for the pictures! ;>