The Badger is Back in Badgerdom

Traveling with a three-year-old is tough and traveling from Europe to the U.S. with a three-year-old is a great test or your character let me tell you what.

Honestly, though, it went really well. My son went a good 18 hours without sleep before he went into meltdown mode on the plane then finally went to sleep. I'm really proud of him for sticking it out so long before he couldn't anymore.

There is really no good way for a three-year-old to sleep on a plane. Too big for papa's arms and too small for the seat. He spent most of the time switching back and forth between the two spots.

He will be four in May so the whole time I'm wondering will he remember this? Only time will tell.

I sat next to a really lovely lady who helped out big time. Sometimes it takes a friendly stranger to remind you there is still good left in this world. I'm grateful for her help.

Anyways, we are here a couple days and looking forward to seeing the family. We have been out of the country for over a year so everything is a little strange. I was speaking German to Americans last night at the border check.

I was so happy when we stopped at the gas station and the lady asked me if I wanted a bag for the four bottles of water I bought. It's the small things!

So with drive and flight my son slept about 4-5 hours, got to my grandmas and he slept another 4 and now we have been up since 330am local time eating oatmeal cookies and chillin' out on the couch.

Hope everyone is alright! Take it easy!