Jet Lag

It's really hard to explain jet lag to someone who has never had it. Our kids were surprised by how hard it was to get used to Vietnam time when we left. Maggie spent several nights not sleeping at all and several days crying with exhaustion. We tried to prepare them better for our return trip.

They were obsessed with jet lag on the plane. When we first settled into the second flight we heard Maggie say, "I'm going to get a lot of sleep so I don't get jet lag"

Then somewhere over the Atlantic she leaned forward and asked Bryce, "Do I have jet lag yet?" (It's especially cute because she says it like jet leg).

When we had landed and were taxiing our way into the "not so lovely in the snow" SeaTac Airport Maggie and Titus spent a lot of time chatting to the lady next to them. Titus politely asked her in a sympathetic tone, "Do you have jet lag too?"

The first two days we saw nary a sign of jet lag. We had happy children that slept exactly when expected. Then yesterday they slept in until noon, stayed up crying and fighting until midnight, and are well on their way to sleeping in today. I want to go wake them up but they told me not to. They said they're trying to sleep a lot so that Christmas will come faster.