Airplane Crazy

Anthony has turned into a little airplane nut. Our plan for the pumpkin patch visit last Saturday was to fly down there as a semi-caravan with the Donahues (who were leaving from a different airport.) We drove to Reid-Hillview and Anthony was SO EXCITED to help Daddy pre-flight the airplane. He helped with the chains, helped chock (and un-chock) the wheels... He pointed at the different parts of the plane that he knows (wing, tail) and was just a little bundle of fun. (Bob was so excited at Anthony's glee, but that's a different story.) Unfortunately, the clouds were coming IN as we were pre-flighting so we decided to scrub the flight and drive instead.

Poor Anthony was pretty much crushed. We encouraged him to say bye-bye to the various airplanes and the airport as we drove away. He still cried, though. Then when we passed the south county airport the crying started up again. I promised him that he and Daddy would have an airplane excursion together soon.