Final day in NYC

Today was the last day in NYC, and I'd say it was the best!  We did a lot and walked a lot, but the weather was beautiful and enjoyable to be outside checking everything out!  We started off the morning heading over to Serendipity, but that was a bust.  We visited Dylan's Candy Shop, St. Bart's, Grand Central Station, ate yummy street food for lunch, American Girl, St. Pat's, and ended the day at the park!

Waiting at a light (exciting ha).

Well look at that, Serendipity!  We got there at 11:00 and they opened at 11:30.  We ran over to Dylan's Candy Shop while we waited.  When we returned at 11:25 the line was insanely long!  Abe doesn't do lines!!!

Adi LOVED this MONDO size pretzel!

My two little loves...

 

The churches looked BEAUTIFUL for Easter!

At St. Bart's.

We went in American Girl to check it out.  It was quite the store!

Adi was SO EXCITED to get her historical doll, Marie-Grace!

Poor Abe was TIRED!

The stations of the cross were GORGEOUS at St. Pat's.

Great views from the top of Rockefeller Center!

My sweet family!

One last stop at the park before we headed back home!!!

This NYC trip was a bit difficult with two little ones, but I am SO HAPPY we went and experienced a great time together celebrating Brandon's accomplishments and some much needed family time!!!

NY (Day 4)

Friday was the first day that the auto show was open to the public.  I really wanted to go check it out and see the Highlander my man has worked so very hard on!  We spent the morning at the show and checked out the Museum of Natural History in the afternoon!

Our two little cuties!!

We were all pretty excited to check out the new Corvette.  Brandon might work for Toyota, but he is a Chevy man through and through!

All four of us in front of the Highlander!

The 2014 Highlander!!

This was the Tundra used to pull the shuttle (not a great picture).

Another great reccomendation from Jan for lunch!  What kid doesn't love hot dogs.  The coconut juice was amazing.  We had a few other ones too and they were all so fresh and yummy!

Adi thought these were some #1 hot dogs I guess.

Ok, so the museum was insanely busy!!!  I think Spring Break played a big factor on how busy everything was during the week. 

Honestly, Adi lost interest pretty quickly, so Brandon decided to have her pose like the monkeys to spice things up a bit.  It was pretty funny (I think we were all a bit tired and slap happy at that point).

Abram slept through 95% of the trip!

And... it was back to the park we went.  Kids can only handle sitting in a stroller or an Ergo Carrier for so long!!

Today was another successful day!!!

NY (Day 3)

We took the Ferry to Staten Island to see the skyline and Lady Liberty!  We also knew the kids would be able to run around on the ferry a little bit.  There were very few places where we were comfortable letting them run lose (especially Abe).  We did a lot of walking on this day.  We walked from Greenwich Village back up to our hotel on 54th.  We meant to see Little Italy and China town this day, but we missed it.  It was a fun day checking out the sites.

Abe didn't want to sleep in the stroller, so he napped on me during the site seeing on this trip. :)

That kid has some crazy hair!

On the boat.

Adi's awesome moves (you would think she is Japanese with her inventive picture poses).

Lady Liberty!

 

The four of us!

I really wanted to eat at one of Mario Batali's restaurants, Lupa (thanks for the recommendation Jan!), but it was clear Abe couldn't handle sit down meals anymore.  Brandon suggested that Adi and I do a special mommy daughter date!  The food was fantastic and it was really special having a nice little lunch with my favorite little lady!  Abe and daddy had a pretty good time at a pizza place down the street!  I look forward to special little dates like these as the kids get older!

We found a cute little park when we were in Greenwich Village for the kids to play at. 

There was a flower show going on, so the Macy's window's were beautifully decorated!

We couldn't visit NY without stopping at Magnolia Bakery.  The wait wasn't terrible and the cupcakes were delish!!!

Today was a really fun day!  I was so happy to share all this with the three people I love the most!

NY - Day 2

Brandon had the auto show on Wednesday so the kids and I definitely decided to lay low.  It wasn't open to the public until Friday, so we just spent the afternoon at Central Park when Brandon finished and ate dinner at Carnegie Deli.  Abram had a tough time eating out with being so out of wack, so this was our last meal out.  :)

The kids were impressed with their daddy's snazzy attire!

Brandon at the official unveiling.

This boy LOVES swinging.

The kids loved  playing on the massive concrete playground!

Our sweet boy!

 

It was great when the sun was out!!

 

Dinner at the famous Carnegie Deli!

This might be a little bad, but I seriously thought about doing an entire blog post on my disheveled little man.  There are quite a few pictures were my little guy looks like a crazy little thing.  Brandon said maybe he was inspired by some of the more grungy fashion he saw while in NY.