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Bump, Set, Spike, Blow...

7/3/2010

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Imagine two young boys who have just endured an 8.5 hour flight from Europe.

Imagine one mommy who has to survive a three hour layover in a dirty airport and is determined to keep her little darlings happy and awake. (They can sleep on the next 5 hour flight to the west coast - no use wasting slumber during the layover.)


Now imagine a family of four being incredibly too loud as they play airport balloon volleyball. Wait….. no need to imagine: that's my family.
On our trip earlier this summer, I tucked a few of those handy-dandy party balloons in my carry-on and pulled them out just in time to save us from the 'I'm bored travel blues.'  

Choosing an empty gate, we used a row of chairs in the waiting area as our net - picked teams and went to work. It was hilarious! The boys were engaged, active (just tiring them out a bit more for that nap during the final flight), and happy. Oh, so happy! The giggles were too much. Twice we had a time-out so our youngest could catch his breath. We spiked; we blocked; we high-fived and occasionally had help from a passerby when the balloon wandered out of bounds. 


Good, clean, airport fun: that's hard to come by, but (oh so sweet and) simple with a 99 cent pack of balloons.

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