Comments on: Children without Borders

By: MummyT

MummyT — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:16:26 +0000

Hahaha… I love this crazy border stuff. It doesn’t get that much better as they get older. Saying in a loud voice “So Laos is a Communist authoritarian state, too, is it, Mum?” while literally crossing the bridge which divides Vietnam from Laos raised my eyebrows. Not the border guys’, though, thank god…

By: Sascha

Sascha — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:54:10 +0000

Aww, thanks, Dawn!

Will add that to the list of seating strategies. Another good’un is to reach into the seat back pocket and hand the little baggie to child with overly reassuring, “Sweetheart, if you have to throw up — try for the bag this time.”

Just have to be prepared for flying carryons and laptops as child’s new seatmates dive to get away.

By: DawnV

DawnV — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:25 +0000

Oh your son is too cute! And you’re a fab story teller :)
I love kids with a vivid imagination (and it sounds like your son has more than his share :)
Speaking of taken “together seats”… I was traveling with my sister and 4 year old nephew and we were the last ones to get on our connecting flight. As we walked down the aisle, a snooty flight attendant told us to take a seat and informed my sister that there was no way to seat her and my nephew together. My sis scanned the plane and hollered “Who wants a 4 year old?” A couple of people stood and offered to move so that she and my nephew could sit together. Perhaps you can try that next time the situation arises :)

By: Sascha

Sascha — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:27:44 +0000

Haha — thanks, Jamie. He needs them for our crazy life.

He’s currently campaigning for a little ‘enchilada’ to join the family…yep, pride runs deep.

By: Sascha

Sascha — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:49:45 +0000

CJ–

Scream therapy, excellent and most effective in the right situation.

“Taco” can sprout tears and make the circumference of his eyes multiply by five whenever presented with a situation where we enter a plane, train or bus and the ‘together seats’ are all taken. Handy. Occasionally, when people are studiously inspecting the window streaks or carpet lint to avoid eye contact, he has been known to add a lip quiver for effect.

By: Jamie Pearson

Jamie Pearson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:27:19 +0000

The fact that your son would choose “Taco” as his nom-de-je-ne-sais-quoi shows that he has really excellent comic instincts. I don’t think there’s a funnier word in the English language. You should be very proud!

By: cj omololu

cj omololu — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:28 +0000

What a cutie!

This story reminds me of traveling to Nigeria with our 3 year old and six month old sons. We were at the airport, trying to get home when the immigration guy stopped us and demanded to look through our bags again saying that our papers weren’t right. My husband leaned over and explained to me that he wanted a bribe, but we didn’t have much money left. I started to sweat, panicked that we were going to be trapped there, while the immigration guy just kept shouting and waving our passports in our faces. Finally, our 6 month old had had enough and started his ear-splitting screaming. I held him but he wouldn’t stop, just raised the pitch even higher. After a few minutes of this, the immigration guy just shrugged, handed us our passports and waved us through saying, “Go. Just go.”

By: Honeymoon bed breakfast

Honeymoon bed breakfast — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:16:58 +0000

Your trip sound like really adventure tour with kid and I agree with you that travel with kid ever learning experience. I also travel with my three years old kid and learn in every tour new thing and get every tour memorable.

In my last tour of Virginia we have stayed at Woodruff Inns, their natural beauty really gorgeous and we got one more memorable trip.

Best Regards,