Top Ten Things I Learned On Saturday (or Welcome Home Amelia)

1. Do not schedule flights that start after a child's bedtime unless you want your child almost taken into custody by TSA agents who do not find her adorable when she's running in a circle yelling "All fall down" and then doing face plants at their feet. (TSA was waiting for the plane to deplane so they can take someone else into custody.)
2. Amelia needs her own iPad, or at least iTouch, if we're going to do much more traveling with her. 
3. Airport wireless is super slow, and you can't download an entire episode of Sesame Street in less than three hours. It took less than 10 minutes at home.
4. The more exhausted she gets, the funnier Amelia thinks she is. It's the toddler version of being drunk. She tried to play bumper cars with the luggage cart at baggage claim and almost took out a couple of people. Tired driving is just as bad as drunk driving.
5. The promise of french fries AND chips is the best bribe to get her to stop crying on the plane.
6. Bring M&Ms on all flights to distract her while she can't be on the iPad.
7. She has mastered the moving sidewalks and escalators. She has yet to attempt the running the wrong way on one.
8. Teddy looses her mind when Amelia comes home.
9. Tired Amelia does not like Teddy sniffing her face and licking off stray chocolate.
10. Always bring way more diapers than you think you need. Amelia had three bowel movements while we were traveling. Two before we got on the first flight and the third just before we were supposed to start boarding the second flight.

 No matter what, we're glad that she's home. It was nice to have a short break, but it feels right now that she's home. She even learned "Go Patriots!" before being put to bed during the first quarter.