Florida Vacation Part 1: Pre Florida

We were supposed to get on a plane Tuesday, March 11 to go to Florida. We did in fact get on a plane at the Syracuse airport but were almost immediately told to get off the plane because it was broken. Much crying ensued from two boys who had been promised lollipops on the airplane. We hung out in the airport for a few hours until it was clear that plane was not leaving and neither were we. Here are some pictures of us in the Syracuse airport playing on the very real cockpit simulator (worth a trip just for that! Sara and Preston?).

We then drove to the Rochester airport where Delta put us up in a hotel. We went to sleep at about 9:30 and were awakened approximately every hour by Theo wanting to know where we were, or just crying unconsolably for minutes on end. Then we got up at 4:30 to get to the Rochester airport. Next to our gate was an awesome soft foam playground for toddlers! How lucky are we?

We barely made it out of Rochester before most of the flights were canceled. And we flew to Detroit, where the eye of the blizzard was just arriving! Good news: we got to watch lots of snow plows and other snow-moving machines work on the runways! Even better news: we got to LEAVE and go to Florida!