- Hi, everyone.
Today I'm going to show you
what I'm putting in the boys' carry ons.
We are going to the Dominican Republic tomorrow morning
and it is a nine hour flight.
And it is nine hours during the day.
So it's not a night flight.
I will have to be entertaining them the whole time.
So I've got lots of ideas
and things that I'm packing for them.
What you can hear in the background
is little Jackson jumping.
Isn't it?
Who's jumping?
Yay.
Yeah, so I've got loads to show you.
This is the carry on that we're bringing for them.
It's quite a large ruck sack.
Fraser really wants to wear this.
But looking at everything,
I'm wondering if it's gonna be too heavy.
But luckily, because we have a baby,
we will have the buggy right up until the gate.
So we can always hang it on the buggy
as like, a personal trolley so that's good.
Here's the Minecraft bag that we will be packing
so now all I will just show you the contents.
Okay, so first things first,
we need the iPads.
And they are loaded up with their favorite TV shows.
This one's Caleb's so he's got Blaze and Umi,
and then we've got a film for him, as well.
And then Fraser has lots more films.
Then we have headphones for each boy
because on a plane, it's quite noisy.
So you definitely need tech headphones.
Caleb's are wireless,
because he doesn't really like the wire.
But it does also comes with one,
in case the battery runs out on these.
These are obviously 100% charged.
And then I've got them each a blind bag.
Just because they love surprises like that.
So I've got them that,
in case we have a bit of a wobbly moment.
Then I've got these little cases.
They are actually for beads and jewelry.
But I have filled them up with the boys' Shopkins.
Well, they actually chose the ones they wanted to bring.
So this one has Shopkins Grocery Gang.
I can see a finger light in this one.
Then we've got them each a coloring book
and some new coloring pens.
This one is actually Fraser's one.
And it's so cool.
It is draw by numbers.
So you don't know what the picture is going to be
until you color it all in.
So I just know he'll love that.
He's really into math and numbers.
So yeah, got brand new
because I thought it'd be more exciting.
And brand new markers because again,
I thought it'd be more exciting.
Then I've got a couple of books.
Fraser's Minecraft Annual.
And then I got Caleb just a little Spider Man book.
I like this one because it was nice and thin
to take with us.
And then I got the boys some Legos, as well.
Caleb's only three, so he just has a Ziploc bag
full of Lego and something to play with it on.
Then I've got Fraser a Playmobil pack,
I think it's called.
It's Lego from six years to 12 years
and you follow the instructions
and you build a Storm Trooper or something like that.
But I've taken it out of the box
because it was making it quite bulky.
And now on to the food,
which is like the most important thing for my boys.
If they're full up and they have snacks,
they are pretty happy.
I would also like to say there are lots of treats
and my boys wouldn't normally have this many sweet things
on a day.
But, I just thought for backup, on the plane,
we may need to pull some of these out.
So I saw this hack on Pinterest.
Sorry, he's being really...
Hi, you're being so noisy.
Who's making all the noise?
(laughs)
So I saw this hack on Pinterest,
which was to get a large pill box like this
and fill it up with some snacks and goodies.
I'll just show you the contents of one.
So we have two ones of sweets and Skittles.
Some Cheerios, some more sweets,
some raisins, and some yogurt covered raisins.
This obviously isn't an essential thing to do.
I just thought it was really cool,
so I ordered these on Amazon.
They were quite cheap.
And on the hack,
they had actually covered some of the letters up
with like, their child's favorite stickers
or characters.
So you could definitely do that.
But I thought it'd be quite cool
to help teach the boys the days of the week anyway.
So my grand plan is to only let them open one per hour.
But we'll see how that goes.
I have a Kinder egg for each.
Two Oreos for each.
Some onion rings for each, because they love them,
even though it gives them really bad breath.
And then I've got a huge thing of Pringles.
It's kind of for them but it's also for me and Matt.
I've got an apple for each.
Some Rice Krispies cereal bars.
Some Frubes, which are actually gonna be frozen,
so that they sort of thaw out
but they're still cold on the plane.
Each boy has a really large water bottle.
But I'm not gonna fill it up.
I'm just taking them through security empty,
and then we're gonna buy a water and fill them up
when we get through.
And the boys don't love water on its own,
so I buy these Robinsons,
really concentrates Squashes.
So you just need a tiny but in the water
to sort of make it taste like juice.
And it's far better than getting like
fruit juice or apple juice and stuff like that.
It's 0% sugar.
I always take that with me.
Also, got some tissues.
And these huge lollipops I actually have in mind
for the descent.
So if it's like a 20 or 30 minute descent,
they can have these to hopefully help with their ears.
Our two older boys are three years old and six years old.
They're completely potty trained
and they don't have any accidents or anything like that.
But just in case, I have brought my six year old
a t-shirt in case he gets mess on him or something,
and I've got our three year old a full change of clothes.
And then they're each gonna take a cardigan
or hoodie with them.
That's Fraser's hoodie
and then this is Caleb's little cardigan.
I thought it was cute because it had a C on it.
I got this from Primark.
Sorry, he was getting a little bit upset
but I also wanted to tell you
what I'm putting in Jackson's carry on.
I can't show you it all,
because it's not all in one place
and I'm having like one of those crazy days.
But for Jackson,
I'm packing two sets of full on clothes.
He's obviously gonna have a blanket with him, as well.
In terms of food, he's exclusively breastfed,
so that's handy.
I don't have to bring anything for that.
I know lots of people who bottle feed
rave about how you can order your milk at Boots
and then get it when you go through check-in.
So you could do that if you're doing that.
I'm also going to bring Sophie giraffe and some toys,
and then I'm also bringing Calpol, Teetha
and liquid anbesol,
just in case he needs it because he is teething.
And then equally,
if the other bigger boys needed Calpol,
I have it on me.
And then I'm also taking, obviously, baby wipes.
And in terms of nappies,
I am taking one nappy for every hour of travel.
That's how I always do it
because then you always have more than enough.
So it's a nine hour flight
and we're also going to arrive there three hours before,
so I'm taking 12 nappies with me just in case,
you never know.
Also, I'm going to take a muslin for spit up
and any bits for me like Vaseline for my lips
and stuff like that.
Anyway, I'm waffling now
but I really wanted to add in Jackson
in case you had a baby, as well.
He's not being weaned yet,
so we don't need any food for him.
So yes, that's about it.
But yeah, thank you so much for watching.
I really hope you liked some of my ideas and tips
and you don't think I'm a terrible mother
because it is like sweets and iPads.
But let's be real, it's a nine hour flight
with three children.
So, yeah, wish me luck.
And I will see you very soon.
Bye!