Brooklyn, NY

The girls have been SO excited for this trip it was really hard to get them through a normal day of school and gymnastics! I had us all packed up and ready to go when we found out that our flight got pushed from 10:00pm to 11:00pm.....Not a good sign. I got them home from gymnastics, showered, fed and in their pajamas when all of a sudden we get an alert that our flight is now pushed to 1:00am with the worry that it won't even go out at all. This would be bad for us as their are no direct flights to Lisbon on Delta the next day at all. Matt and I were scrambling to figure out what to do while the kids went bananas downstairs with pent up energy. We finally found another flight leaving at 11:00pm on TAP Portugal but we had to pay for it (we had booked our original flight with miles) and Matt as not too happy about that. Anyways, we got the kids together and grabbed a taxi to JFK where we were waiting and waiting (very nervously) for our tickets to be issued. Finally we got them (phew), got through security and headed to a restaurant to grab some french fries and a needed glass of wine. We got to our gate and - delay. Ugh. Luckily we had the stroller with us and the kids fell asleep at the gate. We finally boarded the plane around 11:30 and got everyone settled and back asleep but we were FORTIETH in line to take off because of all the delays at JFK and I *think* we waited another 90 minutes on the tarmac to take off. I was mostly asleep but felt us finally take off and we were on our way to Portugal!!Read more