Airplanes!!

This weekend was the long anticipated Kaneohe Bay Airshow. We were very disappointed that Bobby couldn't get out of work early and come, me doubly so because it meant managing X on his own. The airshow was a three year old wonderland of rides, airplanes and helicopters to climb into, and planes doing tricks in the sky. Unfortunately, X is not good at standing in lines, and I'm not good at being patient after telling him to wait his turn the 100th time. Nonetheless, he had a blast. So it was worth it.

We got to watch the Blue Angels fly for the fourth time, but first time up close. X has been watching from his daycare every day, I can see from work, and Bobby can see from our condo. I never tire of watching their carefully choreographed, awe inspiring show. Unfortunately, when it was time to sit on the tarmac and watch, X wanted to go into the C-17. Whenever the jets did a flyby, he had to run back out of the plane, and turn around and go back in when they left his line of vision. I got very tired of that, and X had a meltdown. On the plus side, you couldn't hear him scream over the jets.

Every morning, I wake up full of love for my child. By the end of the day, the tank is empty and I'm counting the minutes until bedtime. Such is life with young children, I guess.

Blue Angels from KT on Friday. I never did get a good shot of them up close. On this day, we were buzzed!

Blue Angels from work on Thursday.

Blue Angels from the flight line on Saturday.

A view of our lovely base from the ferris wheel.

Ok...Seal Team 6 is Navy, Semper Fi is Marine Corps. Come on, guys!

On a Chinook helicopter.

Okay...let's go!

Flying a FedEx plane.

A very nice Hawaiian Air pilot showing X how the plane works.

This one is a Coast Guard plane.