Tips for Flying with Preschooler??

Hi there! I've been missing home, so after getting the go-ahead from my parents, I booked round-trip, non-stop flights from Jacksonville to Chicago (where my parents will pick us up) for me and Annaliese. Here's where I need help...

... I have never flown! Can you believe it??

So what do I need to know, especially since I'll be going with a three-year-old?? Any tips?
I'm not too worried about entertaining her, we won't have a layover, and she'll be good coloring and reading books for 2 hours. The flights are in the morning, so I'll pack snacks (I assume I can??), but won't have to worry about meals on board.

I'm going to leave my car in the airport lot (cost winds up being about the same as gas money to and from the airport for Carlin to drop us off, not to mention his time!). My family has arranged for a car seat to be waiting for us there. Do I need to have a child restraint on the plane, or does she sit like a big girl?

Ok, I guess those are my major, immediate concerns.
Thanks in advance!!
~Janay~

Atlanta Exhibit

There is currently a museum show running in Atlanta entitled, “Cradle of Christianity” and it runs through the beginning of November. I am wondering if anyone else is interested in caravanning up to Atlanta to catch it some time this fall.

Here is a blurb from the website:

“Cradle of Christianity explores the concurrent histories of early Christian and Jewish life through some of the most significant biblical artifacts ever found, including a section of the Temple Scroll, a major Dead Sea Scroll. Other highlights include the burial ossuary of Caiaphas the High Priest—who, according to the New Testament, delivered Jesus to the Romans, and an inscription bearing the name of Pontius Pilate. These artifacts represent the only surviving physical testimonies of these two prominent figures. Cradle of Christianity features a full-scale reconstruction of the chancel of a Byzantine-era church and other remains of excavated synagogues, churches, and religious sites, such as capitals, mosaics, and marble furnishings, dedicatory inscriptions, and liturgical objects.”

I’ve seen both the Temple Scroll and Caiaphas’ ossuary when I was in Israel in ’98 and they really are remarkable. I am very excited to get to see them again and I’d urge anyone interested to take advantage of the opportunity.

Tickets are $15 per person, or $13.50 if we have a group of more than ten. Also, depending on the size of the group and other people’s Atlanta friends, we may be able to just stay in homes rather than at a hotel but again, that depends on how many people we have (I’m only confident of 3 spare bedrooms at this point).

There are only four weekends that work for me that are not FSU home games, but unfortunately, two of them coincide with FAMU home games so if anyone is a Rattler, I apologize if these dates don’t cut it for you:

September 15 (FSU vs. Colorado at Colorado/FAMUS vs. Howard - home)
September 22 (bye week, both schools)
October 13 (Thursday night game vs. Wake Forest on the 11th/FAMU at SC State)
November 3 (FSU vs. Boston College, at BC/FAMU Homecoming)

I am leaning towards September 15 at this point; however, any of those dates will work for me, so whatever date works best for the other folks interested is fine.

If you are interested, please leave a note with your preferred dates in the comments section so that we can try to figure out a date that works with everyone’s calendar.

(I am also sending this to the e-mail list.)

-Tiffany B.

Collecting...

If anyone else has anything they'd like to include in the package for the Belize orphanage, please drop me an e-mail or give a call, or just bring it to church on Sunday (I'm back in town now) . I'd like to get the package in the mail next week.

Thanks, y'all!