I think actually it helped having three of us, since we would entertain each other.
River: I know you have questions. Mal: That would be why I just asked them.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Oct 29, 2008 12:51:08 pm PDT #7292 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
juliana - Oct 29, 2008 12:53:22 pm PDT #7293 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I was very self-entertaining from about the age of 3, to the point of becoming very irritated if anyone interrupted my Winnie-The-Pooh reading time.
videoscreens in the back of the seat
Those are fine, it's the touchscreens in Virgin planes that bug me. People do not seem to get that jabbing the screen=moving the headrest.
brenda m - Oct 29, 2008 12:54:00 pm PDT #7294 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I will state that I was self-entertaining, except for the part where I was trapped in a car for hours with my irritating little brother, so irritations would escalate into screaming and hitting matches and then parental intervention was required. But other than THAT, I was fine with a book.
Hey! Plei stole my childhood.
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2008 12:55:17 pm PDT #7295 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hey! Plei stole my childhood.
Were you also driving to visit maternal relatives in Canada? You probably were! Hey! It's like we're the same person!
Theodosia - Oct 29, 2008 12:55:36 pm PDT #7296 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
And Plei stole MY childhood too -- except I had two brothers. And they were twins!
DavidS - Oct 29, 2008 12:59:09 pm PDT #7297 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think actually it helped having three of us, since we would entertain each other.
Emmett does spend a huge amount of time entertaining Matilda, but now he'd selfishly want to watch the Boomerang channel instead.
brenda m - Oct 29, 2008 1:00:23 pm PDT #7298 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Were you also driving to visit maternal relatives in Canada? You probably were! Hey! It's like we're the same person!
You know it.
Gudanov - Oct 29, 2008 1:01:44 pm PDT #7299 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
If by entertaining you mean annoying each other, then my kids entertain each other a lot.
Atropa - Oct 29, 2008 1:17:55 pm PDT #7300 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
once again gives thanks for being an only child
Scrappy - Oct 29, 2008 1:18:42 pm PDT #7301 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Those of us who remember being self-sufficient on trips probably were, but we're not gonna remember how we were at 20 months or 4 years old when we needed the most attention. There's a big difference between under-fives and older kids.
A friend of our took her 5 and 10 year old to New Zealand to visit their dad on a movie set last year. 18 hours of travel. The DVD player helped a LOT, but feeding, chatting, distracting and potty breaks for the little one still took up a good 12 hours of time. The older one didn't need to be ditracted, but he did need to be watched, to make sure he didn't ask for a million cokes from the stewardess or annoy his little brother too much. But that's how it is when you travel with kids and parents, bless 'em, learn how to cope and thrive. They had a lovely time when they got there.