Mom Life with Adrienne

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 Hey friends. Are you planning a trip and flying with kids? Are you stressing out about it? Over the holidays we took our first flight in over 5 years with our three kids. They are 4, 8, and 12. I am sharing with you what they packed in their carry-ons, what they used, and what was never even taken out. Hopefully this will help you with your next trip with kids and remove a little of the stress. 

A little breakdown into our flights. Our first flight departed early at 6am, we were up on the road by 4am to get to the airport, bags checked, through security with some time to spare. Each flight was less than 2 hours and less than 2 hours for one layover each way. On our way home our flight was in the afternoon. I think this made a big different of keeping them entertained. 

4 Year Old Carry On

We knew going into this vacation that my 4 year old was not going to carry her own book bag the whole time but would want to feel included to have her own stuff.. We wanted something small and easy for us to carry when she wasn't wearing it.  We kept her book bag light and she had more stuff in my carry on. 

Her book bag It ended up being the perfect size for what she had in it. We also were able to to wrap the handles around the wheeling carry on we also had when she wasn't wearing it. 

What was in her bag

• Color Wonder
• Sketch Pad
• Pencil holder with colored pencils and hand held sharpener
• Kids headphones
• Snacks (goldfish and cereal)
• Empty water bottle that we filled after getting through security
• Hand sanitizer
• Little People

8 Year Old Carry On

His Travel Bag I love all the different compartments to keep everything organized. It also has a special spot in the bottom for shoes that doesn't touch anything else. There is a water bottle holder on the other side also. 

What was in his bag

• Sketch Pad
• Pencil holder with colored pencils and hand held sharpener
• Kids headphones
• Snacks (goldfish, cereal, nut mixture, fruit snacks, chewy bars)
• Empty water bottle that we filled after getting through security
• Hand sanitizer
• Star Wars Magnetic Play Book
• Blanket
• Ipad with downloaded shows on Disney +
• Magnetic Checkers/Chess

What he actually used

• ipad
• blanket
• water
• snacks
• looked out the window
• napped

12 Year Old Carry On

What in her bag

• Snacks (goldfish, cereal, nut mixture, fruit snacks, protein bars)
• blanket
• headphone 
• phone
• chargers (phone and watch)
• Sketch Pad
• Pencil holder with colored pencils and hand held sharpener
• make-up

What she actually used 

• snacks
• blanket
• phone
• played with Anna

Other Random Things in my carry on for the kids

• baby wipes (they are always going to get sticky)
• sanitizing wipes (wipe down trays)
• Dramamine 

We brought more than they needed just to be prepared. I am thankful we had pretty smooth quick flights. On the way home from Chicago to Cleveland it was rough and they didn't do snacks or drinks, even though we had dinner at the airport before boarding I am thankful we brought snacks for the kids. I recently saw a girlfriend had a 5 hour delay, 3 hours of which her and the kids were on the plane sitting on the runway. She thankfully had chargers for all the kids electronics.