I vividly remember my
Dad taking us to Jomo Kenyatta Airport to watch planes land and take off. At least
those days- you would interact with a plane but from a distance. But not
anymore, the security threats and all have made such luxuries forgotten. So last
week, our friends the Koskis invited us to the Africa Inland Mission (AIM)
hangar at the Wilson airport and I was thrilled for the kids. I knew this was going
to be fun for us, but most of all for them. I mean there are those times that I
allow the kids to get excited for themselves, but this time I was really excited
for them too.
Here are a few pics, may be not a few.
Kendi, Tana and their friend Nani.
Ethan wanted to be left alone most of the times, i guess it was the only way he could feel the planes.
This is what happens when you ask him to smile. He closes his eyes.
Done smiling
Just what am i touching?
Our pilots
Still alone, absorbing it all.
Still in awe
The best we could get for the four kids.
.
and the family
This guy was distracting the kids with the tractor and the kids could hardly keep their eyes on the camera so in an ingenious move, he decided to drive the tractor behind the camera . Okay, that is our friend Nathan
and ..that's how we managed to get this photo done
and this is just a happy Mum
Jonathan put up the girls to take a good photo, Tana boycotted
Ethan Wanted to go up too
So Nathan assisted, but Ethan says "you are not leaving me up here alone....you are stuck with me!"
Okay. There you go.
Once again, you did not see much of my hubby. He is the camera guy, almost always! We love him, how could I blog without him.
I have always loved airports and airplanes. My father went to work for American Airlines in 1951 and we got to fly when seats were available -- until I married. I went to work for a fixed based operator and took a few flying lessons, too, but decided I was not comfortable pointing a plane toward the ground!! So, at a turning point in my life, I took the opportunity to go to work for American Airlines -- 40 years after my father had -- and got those flying perks back, along with a job that flew me half-way around the world a couple of times. I would have had as much fun as your children!! Wooohooo! Enjoy!!!
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