packing is going well. one small suitcase for the girls, one small suitcase for the boys. i have taped a list to the outside of each suitcase with a list of last minute items that will need to be placed in the cases the day we leave.
i have started packing meals. formula amounts inserted into the formula disc, weetabix for three, sebastian’s bran flakes, goldfish, teddy bears…all ready to go. bottles, sippy cups, utensils. and a list on the fridge of last minute items.
paperwork: copies of everyone’s birth certificates, passports, medical histories, next of kin, contacts, donor organ cards, notarised permission forms stating my parents have the right to travel with any of the triplets and to make medical decisions for them.
good point to those of you who commented about id papers for kids: sebastian has an incredibles wallet that we tied a long shoelace into, it hangs around his neck making my little man resemble an underage rapper. inside is his name, flight, flight time and our business cards, and money to call us in case the person doesn’t have a mobile phone.
tonight we are doing the phenergan trial run and that stuff really is the sword of damocles. jasper threw up all over himself and didn’t wake up. poor little man.
sela displayed a new trick today: when thwarted combined with tired, she throws herself down on the ground. typical limp limbs and wailing. i tried to give her sackcloth and ashes but she said the colour didn’t suit her complexion. this is a tantrum, right? when she did it, lita and i warned her to be careful of hurting her head, and then got up and walked out of the room. one minute later she was crawling towards us somewhat happier but still six o clock hurngry and tired tenuous.
carys. she’s happier. she had this nasty cough that half of hong kong (hong?) seems to be sporting. for the past couple of days there has been a lot of misery. but she is okay lah.
sorry mum, sebastian got a hair cut tonight and looks sweet.
and sorry, pam, tomorrow i am going to stanley to do some last minute shopping and to buy a new suitcase.
AND – happy father’s day magnificent. thank you kara for the poem, it was used in our sunday school presents to dad. i also gave him a cute t-shirt, a massage, dinner, and a few other items.
AND – last night i stayed up all night mainly because jasper was coughing…and in between sessions i managed to complete the rough draft of my second story. each story needs about 90 minutes of tweaking, but overall, i am a happy girl. this will be good.
time is running out, but we are so ready for this.
xo tess
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I am exhausted just reading this. I am sure your family in Canada is very excited and counting down the days until you, MC and the chicklets are here. Not sure what phenergan is, will have to check the internet. I hope you have a wonderful vacation and that the weather gets better here in BC.
I did the trial run thing of phenergan before we went away thinking how smart I was. S went so sleep and he didn’t go hyper so I thought “great”.
What I discovered on the holiday was that although it puts him to sleep it is a restless sleep – he wakes a lot and doesn’t sleep as long on the phenergan as he would normally. By the end of the trip I found it better to let him go to sleep on his own because I wanted him to sleep longer. I also found it dried him out – combined with the dryness of the plane he needed to drink a lot.
So try it out and monitor how the sleep goes – I would suggest giving it for a night time sleep (I only did it for a day time sleep in the car and didn’t get to see what happened after the first 2 hours) and seeing how the kids do past the 2 hour mark…
Also, our bottle leaked – I couldn’t get it to reseal properly – I put it in a stack of ziplock bags which was fine except when I wanted to use it and had to shove my hand into the sticky bags…
Hoping you have a wonderful time here on the Lower Mainland and you blog it :)!!!
Are you flying business class or economy? Do all the kids have their own seats or are you carrying some of them?
How long is the flight? I’m exhaused just thinking about it.
Would love to see the faces of the other passengers when you board the plane.