3 hours of shitty plane sleep

So other than waiting just a little too long and missing the cheap ticket window by just enough to have to choose between double priced tickets or an overnight leg, I chose the overnight and even convinced myself that it would be a good idea as that way I'd not have to entertain two children for 6 hours straight while trying to confine then to their seats (by myself). What I did not think through is how it would be to try and actually sleep with two children on top of me, each adjusting and twitching and half waking up when they couldn't spin freely, or being startled in by an alien noise, of attempting to sleep sitting up and jerking awake every time my head sagged.

The photo is courtesy of the flight attendant and taken at 11:30 or so (the flight took off at 9 and the children finally collapsed at 11pm). This arrangement of two apples on top "worked" (if you want to call it that) for about 45 minutes before I gave it up. My bountiful pillow and blankets supply went to make a little bed for Kiwi on the floor, and I put Kieran mostly on top of me, where we twitched and shifted for the next 2 hours. Flight was 9pm-3am (WHAT WAS I THINKING). Kiwi woke up at 2am, and didn't go down again until the car ride home. Kieran snoozed until we landed, and both kids walked of the plane with 3+ hours of sleep (can't believe I was jealous of 3 hours of sleep).

Now off to get our luggage and the car.