New York Pictures

I better post some of our NYC pictures before I forget! Last weekend we drove up to Justin and Tina's place in Stamford, CT. It's only about 150 miles from our place, but with traffic on Friday night it took us SIX HOURS to get there!!! But it was well worth it :)

I really didn't take very many good pictures - I was too busy keeping track of Mia but here are a few.

We took the train from Stamford to Grand Central Station. That place was awesome. The architecture and style of the building were impressive. It would have been neat to take a tour and hear about the history of the place.



So, even though we definitely looked like tourists....I didn't feel so bad because SO DID EVERY ONE ELSE!



Mia and Jack really enjoyed all of the fountains throughout the city. Tina and I had to keep our eyes on those two!



We were able to walk by the Manhattan Temple - to me it seemed out of place since it wasn't up on a hill, surrounded by beautiful grounds, with a quiet peaceful atmosphere, etc. etc. But, that gleaming statue on top was very reassuring!



Central Park is actually right on the other side of the temple - very convenient. What a park! That place was hopping with walkers, joggers, play grounds, baseball parks, and on and on. I was impressed! Mia especially liked the horse-drawn carriages and the bikes pulling trailers. She kept calling them her horses and her bikes.



Mia & Jack decided to take their own little stroll....



We also saw Rockefeller Center - Justin took a nice family photo for us! Thanks!





Here's a great picture that seems to sum up what the city is like:



It was a pretty cool experience for my first time in New York. It was awesome to go see it with the Berretts too :) Here are two funny stories from the day:

At one point I was struggling with Mia a little bit as we walked across an intersection. When we got to the other side she urgently started saying, "Mommy, Mommy my shoe! my shoe!" I looked down and sure enough, she had lost a shoe! I quickly told Ryan and he ran back across the street to track it down. Luckily he was able to find it right before a lady kicked it out of the way into the gutter. Whew! What a close call. I was just impressed that Mia was able to avert the disaster of being shoe-less in New York! :)

And finally, at the end of the day Tina and I gave Jack and Mia a bath. You should have seen that water after we had scoured the kiddos! It was an impressive shade of dark gray. Mmmmm Mmmm I love big dirty cities.