and we are off...maybe

and we are off...

 We left home Saturday headed to the airport to travel to the Twin Cities for vacation.  We have a goal to mark off each state as a family.  I have lost count on how many we have visited, but Caroline has a map in her room that we write the date and location each time we visit a state.  We plan to purchase Wyatt a map this year.  He has officially visited five states in his first ten months.

 Once we made it through security Caroline ran into a little girl that is in her class at school. What a small world?!?!  We were on the same flight and they enjoyed the company.  We loaded up and were ready for take off.  Wyatt took his bottle and passed out with a tummy full of milk.  Smooth easy ride to Chicago...and then...we felt the plane descend and then the pilot announced we would not be able to land due to the snow storm that Chicago was experiencing so we had to land in Green Bay, Wisconsin!  Yep...and guess what.  American Airlines does not have a direct flight from Green Bay to Minneapolis so we had were going to have to wait till we could land in Chicago (which who knows when that would be because of the snow storm).  Planes were diverting to other locations and the Chicago airport was closed for the day!  So...

 After landing and finding the children a play area, and then realizing that the restaurants/food courts were not prepared for a plane to land during that time we soon found out we had nothing to eat other than a few snacks and baby food we had packed for Caroline and Wyatt for the flight.  Green Bay had shut down their terminal and were not expecting any flights to arrive the rest of the day.  Matt immediately called American Airlines to reserve a place for us the next day leaving Chicago (if we could make it back there).  The last three seats leaving at noon the next day were reserved for us leaving Chicago to the Twin Cities, but we were not certain we could even get to Chicago.  Then we decided to change plans all together and drive from Green Bay to Minneapolis.  It was a four hour drive and that is no biggie for us, so we called Enterprise and rented a vehicle and a few car seats. We cancelled the rest of the flight.  They had to unload all of our luggage from the plane while we waited in the lobby.  The workers ordered in pizza for everyone and offered us a piece before we hit the road.  The customer service of Green Bay airport went above and beyond to help with our needs.

 Daddy pulled up with the rental car and off we went!

 Our first stop was for food at Noodles & Company.  I ordered the Alfredo MontAmore, and either that was the best pasta I had ever tasted or I was really hungry.  I would suggest that order to all the pasta lovers.  We had short peek at the Green Bay Stadium along the route and then headed toward Minneapolis.

 We arrived at the hotel at 8:30 with one little boy ready to play!  We unloaded and got a little rest for the next day at Nickelodeon Universe.