Travelling with Lily this year was certainly very different from last year's trip. She was so much more aware of her surroundings and the process, even taking her shoes off before she was asked too at security. Our three hour wait in the airport flew by, but the flight was a little harder. Lily must have asked every ten minutes if we were landing yet, and got excited at every bit of turbulence, as this surely meant the plane was touching down!! It was a night flight but Lily would not sleep! Last year she was blissfully unaware, but this year she told me if she feel asleep she would miss England! I tried to explain that it wasn't like a bus and you can't miss your stop, but that didn't help. She was just too excited. I think we managed to catch a couple of hours rest but arrived in England very tired.
Lily's hair was all tangled from the flight so as we refreshed ourselves in the restroom I tried to get out the comb - only to be told that we were in England now and so Nanny was the only person allowed to touch her hair as she doesn't hurt!
Lily then fell asleep at 4pm, we tried to wake her a few hours later but she was obviously out for the night. A bomb could have gone off next to her and she wouldn't have known, unfortunately though she was up again by 10pm just as I wanted to crash. The next morning was funny, Lily got up and said 'Brrrrrrr' she went and got her cardigan, then asked Nanny to turn the air off?! She doesn't get that it is just COLD!