First up on our trip was the flight from LAX to Newark, NYC. An interesting flight with a toddler...once again...& since I have baby brain right now I unfortunately can't remember what was so interesting about it!
~New York City~
Day One: We arrived & it was raining...but there's something about NYC which enables me to enjoy every season & form of weather. Rain was better with a toddler than the blizzard that Hubby & I experienced on one of our previous trips there :)
We thought we would just do some wandering & relax after our flight. On the taxi ride to our hotel we drove past a store front that caught our eye! Macaroons! Yummmmmm! So we went for a walk & did some taste testing. Delicious!
We also wandered through Grand Central Station & took in the amazing architecture. If I were on a trip on my lonesome I could easily pass a day with some people watching in that place. We stopped by Times Square to show Kayla the lights & got some great pics with the rainy weather.
Day Two:
Sunshine! A tasty breakfast & then back to bed until lunchtime. From memory we were all pretty exhausted & a little out of whack with time difference from the West Coast, even though it was only a few hours. So we slept while Kayla slept! Bliss!!!
Once we woke all refreshed we were ready to hit the town. Off to Central Park to explore!! I still can't believe how massive this park is & how long it takes to walk through the entire thing. We took Kayla to Central Park Zoo & had a great time there watching all of the animals & feeding goats (I swear her love for goats is so funny). We even walked past BEN STILLER!!! Yep! Ben Stiller was at the park filming his new movie. I was surprised at how much shorter he looks in person...& much more grey hair :)
We had some progress with Kayla adding a new word to her vocabulary while at the Zoo! Turtle! We even had another milestone moment where she climbed stairs on her own in Central Park!!! So special!!
After exploring Central Park a little more & taking in the sights we headed toward the FAO Schwartz Toy Store. This was more for me than for Kayla :) You can't walk past this place without wanting to go & do some sweet sliding along the HUGE floor piano from the Tom Hanks movie 'Big'. It was so much fun!!!
Kayla loved the gigantic life sized stuffed animal toys! And we had to drag her away from the super cute doll nursery.
After the day of walking that we had we were ready to head back to the hotel. Via Magnolia Bakery of course :) And I must say...the cupcakes were a little bit of a disappointment. I've had better. We went to the store that's near Times Square & I think the ones that I had on a previous trip in the original store were much tastier.
Day Three:
More rainy weather...or should I say sleeping weather! Slept in until 11am! When we woke up we ventured to the 911 Memorial by taxi. We were a little concerned about the number of uniformed & heavily armed police men surrounding the entrance. But once inside the memorial it was such an amazing experience. The city really has gone above & beyond with the memorial site. Two large waterfalls that fall into the footprints of where the buildings once were with the names of the people who lost their lives engraved around the outside. Just amazing!!! A must see if you ever get to go to New York City.
Another new word for Kayla today & I can't quite remember how it came about...but this one is Bubbles!!
We took Kayla on her first NYC Subway ride from the Financial District to the Upper West Side. Just as we had arrived & were trying to find somewhere to eat lunch there came a crazy down pour!! We hurried into the nearest restaurant & got ourselves a table... It took a little while to realise we had ventured into a place that is probably not usually a family restaurant kinda place. I'm not sure what it was that gave it away...the fancy glasses, no change table in the bathrooms or the group of ladies in their 30s (dressed in clothing that I'm sure they paid a fortune for but looked terrible in) sitting opposite us. We over heard them swapping stories of their 'friends' with kids who take them to places that they shouldn't be...pretty sure it was aimed at us. Oh well! They entertained us with some more rude comments about the people passing by with ponchos on & how they can't believe that people would wear something like that in their neighbourhood! Wishing I had taken a photo of them now.
The lunch was super delicious & extremely entertaining!! Kayla allowed Jase & I to have a quite moment while she napped beside her Daddy on the seat. Then she decided she was going to be a little devil child when she woke up & cause a scene which looked something similar to the exorcist!! The only difference being was that instead of spewing everywhere with her head spinning around, she squeezed her green baby food pack everywhere & had a pretty decent tantrum to go with it! I was sitting on the opposite side of the table thankfully...it was only her Daddy who seemed to get covered in the green goo. It was on his face, all over the white linen table cloth & all over Kayla :) I couldn't help but laugh!!!! What a great parenting moment. Oh, and if only I could have captured the look on the snobby NYC girls faces when this happened! So happy we lived up to their expectations! Haha!
Lunch was delicious though! I ordered the perfect meal which came out huge & Jase seemed to luck-out on his dwarf sized meal...yes you Americans, 'luck-out' in Australia is not a positive thing! :)
After lunch the rain had eased so we walked through Greenwich Village where we found the most delicious cupcakes ever!!!! Molly's Cupcakes. Highly recommend it. They even have little swings in the store. Oh and we found another macaroon place too....yes...a little obsessed with our treats in this family!
We headed over to Union Square to go to the outlet in the hopes I would find something to wear to the Army Cocktail Party that was coming up. I found some great dresses, one of which was a Calvin Klien Dress for $20!!! I love USA shopping!!!!
Day Four:
Happy 2nd Mother's Day to ME!!! Hubby & Kayla went out to get me my all time fave american breaky of Bagels with Cream Cheese & a coffee. Mother's Day presents doesn't seem to be a strong point for my dear husband... My card was a NYC Tourist Postcard & my gift was a set of NYC shot glasses... The most important thing though was that I had my little family with me & I just had an amazing couple of days in my most favourite city with them. Did I mention I went to bed & woke up each morning being able to see the Empire State Building!?? The best!
Time to hit the road & head off to explore more cities on the East Coast!
Next up:
~ Baltimore ~ Philadelphia ~ Washington D.C
xoxo T
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