Minnesota Trip

Traveling with a two year old and a three month old. Could be a nightmare, right? No, only if your two year old says "Let's play chase!" all through the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. An Ella would never do that! Unless we flew over nap time, but she didn't nap and was really over tired or something. Then she might. And she did. So imagine a somewhat harried looking mom with a baby in the bjorn, pushing an EMPTY double stroller, pulling a car seat precariously on wheels and chasing a two year old. Oh, you saw me? Looked like fun. It wasn't.

Luckily, the beginning of our trip was much more difficult than the rest of the time there. We had lots of wonderful family time, Ella got to see SNOW, she had a hair cut, saw a play, Charlotte rode on a plane for the first time, we had a wonderful Easter and then we flew back to sunny LA. Here are a million photos from our trip!

Sleepy Grandma, sleepy Charlotte


Twins! Ella and Kait before all the snow came...


Ella getting her hair cut by Karen, who cut my hair when I was little. She did a GREAT job and finally Ella's hair looks great even when I don't get a chance to brush it!


This is COLD!


It feels funny...


Erik, Ella, Kait


Making snow angels


This is really deep! Examining what was once the pool...






Grandma, Kait, Erik, Ella and Charlotte


Ella and her Easter basket on Easter morning. Candy? I love Easter!!


Charlotte eating her Easter dress.


Happy birthday to Grandpa! Ella and Jack


Cooking dinner with Joyce.


Traveling with two was not easy but definitely rewarding. And a LOT of strangers offered to help. Ella was a great traveler (when she wasn't practicing her sprint) and helped a lot. Charlotte was not a fan of the plane, but she'll get there. I found it hard to swaddle her while sitting in the middle seat. Guess I need to practise that! All in all, it was a great trip and now it is nice to be home in LA!