Monkey Hat, Disney Princess, and Baby Einstein Boy Approved

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the hat!!! I never thought I would get this excited over a hat but I almost had a hat scare. Back to the DPAM Store I went today and ran straight to the hats and to my surprise only 3 were left. I start to have a slight panic attack then I found out they were all 3 months size. AHH..my hat, my poor monkey hat. Then my lovely DH found a pile of them in the HAT section and there it was..HIS hat. So now we have the entire monkey outfit and mommy is a happy lady. (pictures to come..at somepoint)

After the hat adventure I found him a few more cute things for the summer at the store (hard to resist their items) and then I went on my run to find him some airplane approved goodies. I did find the Crayola color wonder paper and markers but it is a new item to Switzerland so I had to get him the Disney Princess paper.heheeee. He won’t know the difference, right? I also picked up a pot and pan set with some spoons. I figure he can have pieces every hour. Not bad for a half a days trip out.

We are almost trip ready, just a bunch of packing left to do but that shouldn’t take too long. The only thing that will cause us a little trouble is we will have no water the day before we go and the early morning because they will be doing something to it. What a pain in the butt! Paper plates and cups on our shopping list to get for Thursday.

In Ian news, he is well and spending the weekend at his Swiss Grandmas because his Great Grandma is in from Italy to visit. He is having a blast and wearing himself out. But you know their is always a need to relax.

This has turned into his favorite Baby Einstein watching spot. Not only does he use that to watch his videos, but to be a ham.

Is this the next class clown? Or is mommy..

Nah, but we sure are a silly family so you can see where he gets it from. Have a great weekend!

How will I fly with a young toddler?

Is the leg better yet? Nope, Ian still is not using it but he certainly is doing excellent finding ways to do his normal things. Now he has mastered going up the stairs with…One leg doing all the work. That is talent! Think I am joking? Have a look for yourself:

We might take him over the doctors if his leg still hasn’t healed more than it has by Friday. Other than a hurt leg, there is not too much going on around here. Still blah weather so I haven’t made that trip back out to Zürich to grab the monkey hat. I hope it is still there when I get back or I might have a hatless momma meltdown!

Speaking of moms, I am starting to feel like I am a new Mom again. Our neighbors to the left and right have new babies and I am up at night when they are. When one finally stops crying I hear the other one or when I finally get almost back asleep the baby starts to cry again. It is time for me to grab some earplugs when I hit the grocery store today. Sadly it has to come to that.

On to happy things, it is less than two weeks till we travel! I have been scouring the internet for tips on keeping a young toddler in airplane peace. I have come across a lot of great ideas. So when I go out to the stores I am going to look for small cheap toys to give him, one for each hour of the flight. I also had my dear hubby put some Baby Einstein on his PSP but I am going to test that out on Ian before we go to see how he likes that, not totally sure if that will work. Other than those things the best I can do is provide him with snacks, walks up and down the aisle, and visits with flight attendants.

We did purchase him the CARES Saftey Belt because his Carseat will not fit the requirements plus who wants to drag a big seat onto a plane. I really love this belt because it is a 5-point harness that fits in with the airplane belt. It is a little difficult for me to explain but I will snap a shot of Ian in it on the flight. We will see how well it really works.