As expected, my three-year-old loved being on the airplane. He listened carefully to all the pilot's announcements and was very strict about keeping his seat belt on. We brought along some toy planes for him to play with (including one that matched our own flight), which he enjoyed very much as you can see below. He was pretty easy to handle on the plane, and was kept busy with a bunch of toys and a couple of dvds (which he watched on my husband's laptop).

He had a couple of stubborn moments in the airport on the way back home, where he refused to walk or sit in the stroller and insisted on being carried or staying where he was to watch the airplanes. Normally, I don't mind picking him up, since walking through the airport as a toddler must be pretty tiring. But with all our carry-on stuff, it was impossible to do. He nearly had a full meltdown in the airport (a rare event, but always seems to happen in the most crowded and busiest of places). Eventually, after a stern talk about behaving, he relented and quickly went back to being his normal self. As a whole, traveling with him was much easier than I had expected. Keeping his little brother busy was challenging, but I'll write more about that later.

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