Flight to America

We boarded the plane without any problems. The kids were nervous and excited, but very well-behaved. We flew Korean Airlines which meant a stopover in Incheon, Korea, something Bangpan, Jinny and Sai were VERY excited about.

Korean Airlines was great. They gave us a little package with toothbrush, toothpaste and even some comfy slippers! The seats also had individual screens on them so we could watch movies, play games, or look out exterior cameras of the airplane.

Eventually, fatigue overcame the excitement of departure, and the kids began to fall asleep. Pat & I got to sit together on the flight to Korea, so we watched a few movies together and discussed our first impressions of how the kids were behaving on the trip so far. It's a big adventure of them, but they seemed to be handling it very well!

We only had a two-hour stopover in Korea, so that was just enough time to get through the security screening and across the airport to the next gate. The kids were disappointed that they couldn't explore the airport more (they always are), but I herded them to our gate anyway. Once we got to the gate, we had about half-an-hour to wait before they started boarding, so I let the kids do some shopping in that area.

I don't know how Pat managed to do it, but with only half-an-hour in Korea and she still managed to spend $100 on makeup! Hahah! I was sitting with the boys when Pat returned & told me she was $10 short and couldn't afford the eyebrow pencil she wanted. After listening to her tragically describe how short her eyebrow pencil was and how much she reeeeeeeeally needed a new one, I gave her the $10 and she literally RAN back to the shop, bouncing gleefully like a little girl. Pokpong & Gene looked at me and shook their heads in disbelief, but I told them, "That's your future boys, you're going to work hard all day just so some girl can spend $30 on a PENCIL!" hahahaha!