In plane sight
In the last week Emmie has become obsessed with airplanes. I am pretty sure if she was around during WWII she would have been hired immediately as a trained spotter, even at the young age of 21 months. This kid can spot planes farther away than air traffic control at O'Hare.
Living in the city, we usually end up under the flight path for arriving planes a few days each week. Which gives her ample opportunity to practice scaring the living shit out of me by screaming, "A-pay! A-pay! A-PAAAAY!" at the top of her lungs while I am driving. My apologies to the driver I almost sideswiped on Fullerton Avenue today, please know I did not expect to have my daughter scream "A-pay" while I was sipping a hot chocolate, causing me to burn the hell out of my mouth and veer slightly into your lane. I know, I know, no drinking and driving. I get it now.
I also learned this afternoon that you can see the airplanes from our dining room windows. One minute I am watching Emmie eat some mac-n-cheese and the next, she's flinging her fork skyward and excitedly pointing out the window screaming, "A-pay!" at the top of her lungs. I didn't believe her, so I had to look, and sure as celebrities name their babies weird things like Sparrow, there was an airplane. She's got a knack, this one.
After it was out of sight, she returned to eating, looked at me with desperation on her face, and lamented, "A-pay, ahh goo." Yes, I know, airplane all gone. I am so sorry. But if you wait three minutes, I'm sure you'll see another.
Based on her love of aviation, I have come up with a great TV idea. You know how they have those weird cable channels that you can leave on for your cats all day? Well they should make one that's all airplanes taking off and landing. That's it. Who wouldn't watch that for a few hours? I mean I imagine it could create a national security issue if they used live footage of an actual airport, but maybe we could get something on a tape-delay system? Can you imagine the amount of blogs and celebrity gossip I could read in a day with access to that channel for my kid? Please, someone make this happen!
Living in the city, we usually end up under the flight path for arriving planes a few days each week. Which gives her ample opportunity to practice scaring the living shit out of me by screaming, "A-pay! A-pay! A-PAAAAY!" at the top of her lungs while I am driving. My apologies to the driver I almost sideswiped on Fullerton Avenue today, please know I did not expect to have my daughter scream "A-pay" while I was sipping a hot chocolate, causing me to burn the hell out of my mouth and veer slightly into your lane. I know, I know, no drinking and driving. I get it now.
I also learned this afternoon that you can see the airplanes from our dining room windows. One minute I am watching Emmie eat some mac-n-cheese and the next, she's flinging her fork skyward and excitedly pointing out the window screaming, "A-pay!" at the top of her lungs. I didn't believe her, so I had to look, and sure as celebrities name their babies weird things like Sparrow, there was an airplane. She's got a knack, this one.
After it was out of sight, she returned to eating, looked at me with desperation on her face, and lamented, "A-pay, ahh goo." Yes, I know, airplane all gone. I am so sorry. But if you wait three minutes, I'm sure you'll see another.
Based on her love of aviation, I have come up with a great TV idea. You know how they have those weird cable channels that you can leave on for your cats all day? Well they should make one that's all airplanes taking off and landing. That's it. Who wouldn't watch that for a few hours? I mean I imagine it could create a national security issue if they used live footage of an actual airport, but maybe we could get something on a tape-delay system? Can you imagine the amount of blogs and celebrity gossip I could read in a day with access to that channel for my kid? Please, someone make this happen!
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posted by Amy at
1:12 PM
4 Comments:
I'm sure there has to be something on YouTube of airplane landings. Maybe you could hook it up to your tv and leave the videos on repeat.
I got this awesome video for $4 called "My Big Airplane Trip." Google it and then buy it. It will buy you thirty-minute chunks of blessed quiet and sanity time and time again. It also has some really fantastic footage of a flight attendant pouring vodka into an entire tray of little glasses of orange juice leading me to wonder why I've never flown Swiss Air. I don't think Charlie's ever noticed how funny that part is.
my kids do that too - I have seriously stood looking around for a full 5 minutes unable to see the plane they could see (I could hear it so I know they weren't lying to make me look crazy). Their current obsession is trucks, which, while easier to spot are WAY more common. I spend the four block drive to the grocery store saying "yeah. there's a truck. ooh, another truck. wow, look at that truck. awesome." Fortunately they do not sense my lack of enthusiasm. unfortunately, theirs does not dim with extended exposure. Sigh
If you have netflix, they have a documentary series (I think 6 dvds) called TOP GUN documenting different US air bases around the world with many planes taking off and landing along with tours of the base, planes, etc. and rides in the planes. My son is obsessed with aviation, to the degree he has a 30" tall book of planes. Also, if you ever make it to Ohio, the USAF Air Museum is in Dayton and it's free. I live in Pgh and we drove over in March. If you'd like to tour Kennedy's Air Force One, arrive early as the # of people allowed to tour is limited.
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