I am rather tired.. though it is great to see En enjoying himself so much..
It was a trip in which we learn more of En, as well as ourselves, especially m yself as a mum..
Overall, there are more ups than downs during the trip, and though there are times in which I really lost it when En was in one of his tantrums, we have much more happy times that made up for it..
En is quite an easy travel toddler.. although he was more fussy about eating while travelling, other than that, he is pretty easy.
I was so worried he will make a scene while on the plane, but NJ did a brilliant job of buying him a Sesame Street sticker book with over 350 stickers which kept him occupied on the flights, as well as the road trip.. That book was a lifesaver! Though we also did a fair share of homework by packing his favorite drawing kit, his VCDs and books to keep him occupied, but En was more enamored of that sticker book more than anything else..
It was abit stressful trying to keep to the meal times that En is used to, so that created quite a bit of stress, thankfully, we were not at all ambitious in our itinerary, everything was pretty much free and easy, depending on his mood and the timing.. and it kinda all fell into place rather nicely, except for the last bit of the trip where we had to drive 5 hours back to Swan Valley to be near the airport for departure the next day.. That was a bit too long of a ride for En and he became really restless and irritable.
The highlight of the trip were really the cruise to see the sea-lions and to Penguin Island, and the 2 day farmstay in which En really enjoyed himself. He loves most of the farm animals and warmed up to them pretty soon, and eagerly participated in the feeding of the smaller size animals (geese, chickens, peacocks) while staying clear of the Llamas, the sheep and the cows..
Some pictures.. for now.. and will provide update of the lessons learnt in separate entries..
The tired, savvy traveller..
Smiling all the way on the flight with the Elmo stickers..
Adaptable sleeper.. napping in the way.. and even capable of sleeping wile eating his cinnamon doughnut..The little boy's moment
The jumpy toddler who have all the space to jump, run, explore...
The farm was a real highlight as he came in close contact with the various animals..
While we thought it will be money wasted since he is usually cautious, he surprised us when he warmed up to the geese, ducks, chickens and peacocks real soon and was eagerly feeding them
The group photos.... With thousands of sincere apologies to Xuan, our baby.
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