in wonderland

Can you believe I never got around to posting these till now? Another shamefully late post.

1) Our flight left in the middle of the night. Willow was very worried we would miss the flight, and everytime there was a PA announcement she would ask if it was time to go to our gate. She only managed to doze at the airport.

2 & 3) Boarding the plane.

4) Willow was seated in her seat and buckled up, ready to go, before my mother and I managed to finish stuffing the overhead compartments with luggage.

5) My parents just happened to match up with their seats.

6) Willow, snoozing. It took her forever to get comfortable.

7) Dad: "Hmmm, in hindsight, I should have booked the later flight from Brisbane to Newcastle. We could have had breakfast at Brisbane airport." We ended up missing our flight to Newcastle due to bad weather, so I accused Dad of jinxing us. I ended up slumping over and sleeping at Brisbane during our three hour stop over.

8) While I slept, Dad got to walk all over the airport with Willow, who decided she really, really liked my pink silk scarf. It would be her horses tail, or doggy lead, or princess dress. I actually packed quite a lot of stuff to keep her entertained, but a simple scarf kept her amused the longest. I don't know where she found the energy to run all over, but as it got closer to boarding them she had a bit of a hissy fit/ tantrum, and ended up sleeping for the whole flight to Newcastle.

Then we arrived in Newcastle, and choirs of angels practically started singing. Because really, there's no place like home.