Today we went to an A.C. Moore craft store to buy 'stuff' that we all hope will entertain A for the 15 hour flight. My theory is a new 'toy' every 30 minutes when A is not sleeping. Notice I italicized stuff and toy, that's because they aren't real toys. Rather I spent $35 on popsicle sticks, wooden doorknobs, pipe cleaners, mardigras beads, a silk scarf, plastic flowers, plastic nosegay, plastic animals, stickers, and a huge huge mega bag of primary colored pom poms. About 50 of them. Oh, and sewng thread. A likes threads so I figured I could tie the thread to the wooden door knobs. Who think those objects will make the flight to Australia from Boston bearable!?!? My money is on the pom poms. But if they don't work they will be
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