A Day in New York

It's embarrassing to admit, but after three years of living here, this is the first time we'd visited NYC. I have a serious aversion to crowd, a phobia if you will. Add my two small kids to the mix and I may as well be rocking myself in a corner. But Teresa put on her brave face and snagged this opportunity to see the Big Apple. After all, we won't be this close for a whole lot longer.

My rockstar friend Aubrey was running a half marathon in NYC so we went out to support her. Unfortunately we didn't make it in time to see her finish, but it was still fun to hear about it and meet up for lunch. We rode the ferry over, catching a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty on our way. After that we relied on the subways to get us around. Once we figured those out, we were golden.

We had lunch at the Rockefeller Center, and got to see the sites there. We checked out the Big Lego Store, 5th Avenue, FAO Scharz, and a lot of Central Park. We kept it as kid friendly as we could to keep them interested. It was a lot of fun. We didn't see quite as much as we wanted, but for a first day we counted it as a success. New York is amazing. I don't think I've ever seen so many people in such a small town. But I can also see why people want to live there. It's got an incredible vibe, richer in culture then any other place I've ever been. I really hope we go back, not just now, but when the kids are older so we can really explore.

Climbing rocks at Central Park. You'd be surprised how much time we spent doing this. The kids LOVED it. Rocks. Go figure.


Street performers. They were cool.

FAO Schwarz had some pretty fun and huge candy choices.



You don't even know how exhausting it is to be pushed around the city in a stroller. Jack and Sky could tell you all about how tough it is. Not right now though, they need to sleep it off.



I got to give Jayda credit too. This chick walked around the city the entire time and took it like a champ. She got tired, but had a good attitude. She loved NY. She must have felt the vibe too because she mentioned that when she got older she'd like to live there and be an artist.



Riding the ferry. The weather was gorgeous that day. We had a great time.