Joys of Jet Lag

There is nothing like jet lag with 2 small children, in a small hotel room trying to have intentional, productive time! But it sure makes for some great family bonding. With only a 6 hour time change, it was agonizing to pull ourselves out of bed in the morning since our bodies felt like it was 2 a.m. And then we had little 12 p.m.-2 a.m. play times, since our bodies didn't feel like it was quite time for bed.

Yet regardless of what time it was, if Elli was tired, she would conk out. One time standing up. Austin then laid her down. Life still going around her, she was out of it!

In one of these late night play times, Ethan and Elli were playing cars. The younger sister of a very interactive older brother, Elli already knows how to play cars; including the car noises (see facial expression) and the necessary crashing (see overturned van!)

It was really quite cold in London but our rooms radiator was broken. There was no temperature control. When things got really hot, we opened the window and took clothes off. This is how Elli slept several nights we were there.

Where our stuff is stored

It was a search for the beloved trains that Ethan has been asking about ever since we left home on the 13th of December. Even though I didn't want to unpack anything more than necessary; the normalcy that the trains would offer was definitely worth it.

And this doesn't even give do the room justice. I stood on top of several trunks to take the picture, and only got a portion of the room. This is the stuff of all our transient co-workers. If that doesn't give you a glimpse at how uncertain life is here.

It was only 2 trunks and we were able to find the trains and track on the third one we opened!

And the joy was worth it! We found Percy and Thomas and the others were soon to follow. Life's starting to feel normal again for this little 3 year old!