Airports and the Peanut Butter Scare

 I am not the best at packing carry on luggage.  My in-laws had some food at our house when we arrived since we had to throw ours out before we left.  Before we left, I decided to put all the food I could in the bag to snack on during the flight.   At the airport, my bag went through security and they told me my bag would have to be opened and inspected.   

I was slightly embarrassed when the man pulled out a jar of peanut butter.   He said "Ma'am I m going to have to ask you to open the lid."  I did.  It still had the seal on it so I thought we would be good to go. He said I would need to open the seal and have it tested.   He was very, very nice.  He said "I understand you have  child and you can take this with you if I can just test it."  I was standing there praying that Tosh would not look up from behind me to see what is going on. He was working on getting all his things in his pockets and putting his shoes on.  I knew if he saw this event, he would make fun of me forever.   Sure enough I look up and he looks over  at me and says, "You packed peanut butter? Throw it away."  The agent really wanted to test it. Tosh really wanted to trash it. I just didn't want to waste it. I told the agent to give it to my father in- law who was on the other side of the security window.  He did.  The peanut butter was saved and the security of the flight was not threatened.

 Once we got to Houston our flight was delayed due to weather.  As we were waiting, Tosh took Finn for a walk.  As I hear a loud screaming and crying child, I think to myself "I am so glad Finn is doing well."  At the same moment I think, "Oh crap.  That sounds just like my child."  I look up to see Tosh carrying Finn back and Finn is furious.  He was upset because he wanted to shop in the gift store. We negotiated that he could buy the airplane he wanted if he wanted to spend the money his great aunt had given him.  He agreed and went back and bought this cute United Airlines airplane...

 Here he is enjoying the bag we bought him. Our trick to happy plane rides is spending about 3-5 dollars on random things i.e. stickers, etc. to surprise him with on the plane at different points.  This cute little bag was one of those surprises...

 He loaded it with his essentials...

 a stuffed bunny rabbit, the airplane, his "Audi", and my copy of Paper crafts magazine....

As we were getting on the plane, Finn spotted some awesome buttons. He ran towards them.  Luckily he was not able to push any before I grabbed him.  I do not know what the buttons were for. I am glad we did not find out.

 Once we boarded the plane we had to wait another hour, which was less time than they initially said, due to weather.  There were many huffs, puffs and complaints around us. The lady in front of me quickly began dialing everyone in her contact list to tell them the horrors of this flight. She also seemed to think that there was some conspiracy.  The "weather" was not the reason, she believed.

Once we landed Finn was ready to get our bags and  get in a taxi...