Thanks to my impatience on the first day of travel, I was more careful in my efforts on the way home to trick her into thinking that 12 hours buckled into something was fun. I even tricked myself, though I'm not anxious to do it again. If you assume a two-year old's attention span per activity is 5 minutes max, then to entertain her for over 12 hours requires only 144 activities. Here are some of the things she enjoyed the most:
-Reading all of her favorite books as many times as she wants.
-Having me sincerely listen and respond to everything she says--I mean everything.
-Picking all the games, including tickling Daddy and calling all the cows doggies just to tease me.
-Asking me "what's dat?" and having me explain every blade of grass from Kansas City to Chicago.
-Blowing my nose, her nose, and the dolly's nose with the tissues.
-Playing with my hat.
-Pulling my water bottle out of my mouth.
-Feeding me her snacks.
-Pushing all of the elevator buttons in the airport.
-Riding the automatic walkways.
-Eating dinner while not at the dinner table.
-Pushing the dolly in her stroller, though she was not entirely successful dodging other people.
-Trapeze swinging from my arms while waiting to board the plane.
-Playing with the trays, light switches, air-flow knobs, etc.-Pushing my arm off of the arm rest.
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