Summer 2012...

Here we are again, in Big D, Texas. Thankfully, J & A are older and well behaved. At the start, there was a lot of excitement. They discovered a little kiddies area in HK Int'l airport and had a lot of fun rolling on the floor (it's true). When we were transmitting at Narita, AJ has a slight breakdown, and protested the long traveling, which, at that time, was no where near over. After. Short rest and a tempura set, he felt much better (JD had the sushi set, which was equally delish).
Perhaps due to some mistake, or deliberate act, we were placed in the middle 3 seats out of 5. Surprisingly, I was not too upset about that, I think the 2 gents on either side of us got the bum deal. They were very bgracious about moving up and down and in and out of their seats to let us thru to the bathroom. At one time, AJ proclaimed his need to go just as the flight attendants had placed everyone's meals down. I nabbed two blankets from JAL, with the plan of letting one of them sleep on the floor. It worked out really well and they managed to sleep for hours (J for 4 and A for 7).
First meal was at home, home cooking by mom. Sleep came quickly, for me in any case and not a moment too soon, for the boys woke up at 5am.