Elisabeth sat next to me reading the warnings and information on the seat and suddenly her eyes lit up! She pointed to the sign that said to remove botom seat cushion and use to float. She asked me, "Can we do it right now?" I wondered, "Do what?" "Float!" she exclaimed! "Can we get it out now and just float around here RIGHT NOW?" She motioned to the air around us with an excited look on her face. . . . I had to explain that those were for floating in water. :) After a while Elisabeth looked at Gordon and asked with a worried expression on her face, "What if we run out of gas?"
Susanna was in a seat by herself - enjoying the view from the window and enjoying the luxury of extra seats that a half empty airplane provided us. Out of the blue she looked back to Gordon and yelled over the humm of the motors, "WHAT if all of the sudden we see GOD?!!"
Elisabeth asked me, "Does the pilot weigh a lot?" I asked her several times to repeat herself, and she asked the same thing each time. . . Finally she explained: "There are 2 rows of seats on this side of the plane, and three on the other, and the airplane isn't leaning to the side, so I thought maybe the pilot was sitting on this side of the plane, and maybe he weighs a lot and that's why we aren't tipping." What a thought.
Samuel felt the plane begin to tip downwards as we began the descent. "The plane is falling! The plane is falling! The plane is falling!" he began to cry - in excitment as much as in fear I think!!
Isaiah spent at least 10 minutes at the hotel after we arrived for the night "telling" me about the airplane trip by spreading his arms out and dipping and swooping and saying, "Vroooooom!" and then guesturing up and down and here and there. It would have been interesting to know what all he was trying to tell us! He uses more guestures and full body motions while "telling" stories than any of our others have. . .
