Hilaria Baldwin recently documented her experience traveling alone with her seven children to Mallorca, Spain, for the first time to visit her family.
Baldwin, 42, shared updates on social media detailing the "endless chaos" of the journey, while also noting her children's generally good behavior. The children range in age from two to 12 years old. "1 adult, 7 children. Someone was already asking about shopping (hi Carmen) and someone else just wanted to see the iaios (grandparents)," she wrote in an Instagram caption alongside photos and videos of the family navigating the airport.
She posted a video asking her children if they would behave on the plane, with some playfully responding that they would not. Despite the "chaos," Baldwin stated that the children were "really well behaved." She expressed that the trip was worth "every second" and indicated a new phase where her children are old enough for such travel to be more manageable.
"When family lives far, getting to them seems overwhelming with so many kids, but this experience taught me we have entered a phase where the kids are old enough that we can do it more (or less) smoothly," she said. "I feel really empowered that we can spend more time back with our family."
Hilaria Baldwin and her husband, actor Alec Baldwin, 68, share seven children: Carmen, 12; Rafael, 10; Leonardo, nine; Romeo, eight; Eduardo, five; Maria, five; and Ilaria, two. Alec Baldwin also has a daughter, Ireland, from a previous marriage. Alec Baldwin was not mentioned in Hilaria's posts about the trip.
The trip to Spain marks the first time the children have visited her family there. Baldwin previously mentioned her summer plans, aiming to spend time in Mallorca with her family, potentially as an alternative to their usual summers in the Hamptons. She stated her intention to divide her time between Spain and the Hamptons during the summer.
"I'm bringing my kids to go be with my family for the month of July in Mallorca," she said last month. "So I'm super-excited. So that's like kind of how I envision the summers going forward. I hope that we can spend more time there and... with my family, and so we'll see."
Since arriving in Mallorca, Baldwin has shared additional footage of her family's activities, including visits to the beach, a grocery store, and a shopping center.