Our first day we trained into the city on Metro North from Larchmont, which again brought back many happy memories. The train conducter was very nice and turned tickets into little men which was very entertaining. We arrived at Grand Central which is as busy as ever.
From Grand Central we walked down 42nd to the library which was lovely. My favorite were the A.A. Milne stuffed animals. Very cool.
We headed up 5th Ave. next and made a much anticipated stop at the American Girl store. Lucy and Kit were in heaven. We went into St. Patrick's during mass and enjoyed strolling around the beautiful church while the organ was playing. (Why is it that this just made me homesick for England?) We ate lunch at Rockerfellar. I was pleased to FINALLY get to eat at Pret. I feel like I an official Taylor now.
I was quite the task master. I had a list of things to see and we had limited time. We needed to catch the 4:00 train and so we kept at a pretty quick pace. So we stopped in front of the Plaza hotel for a quick Home Alone photo. Then it was into Central Park. I love that place. The kids did to. The rocks were the best and we loved all the performers. Central Park is like a free Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center. So many amazing musicians and entertainers.
Clara enjoyed the Home Alone pose so much she kept it up all day. Here the kids are enjoying an awesome jazz band and Bethesda Fountain.
We had a NY nanny type moment at the Alice and Wonderland statue. Clara fell off. She was fine. She didn't even cry. But some high strung moms kind of flipped out. Maybe they thought I should call 911?
The kids enjoyed posing by the Jabberwocky quote, as they just memorized the entire
poem in school. It's a great one.
Finally we made it to the Met. We rushed through but saw a few of the highlights.
On the roof of the Met their is an amazing bamboo installation being built by the artists and
rock climbers. It was very cool.
After this we had to RUSH to the subway where we were packed on like sardines. We saw it all and made our train. And back in Westchester the Gibbs fed us amazing food and we had a wonderful time hanging out with them and waiting for Rob's late arrival.
10 comments:
Yay for NY! Loved Central Park. That was a good day.
love the home alone pose and the high strung mothers. ha ha.
i've said it before, but seriously, you have a cool life.
Love Central Park! So glad you got to eat at Pret! Have you found the DC ones yet?
ANDERS! Get away from the edge of that building! Still it looks like you all had a blast. Fun times...wish we were there too.
Grammy
Look at you!!! You are amazing! Can you believeyou were actually THERE with all of your kids? I don't know when that will ever, ever happen for my family. It looks wonderful and brought back great memories of our trip :-)
What wonderful adventures you are having! Keep the pix coming.
This post made me smile over and over; I miss those kids. New York is pretty great and I would love to "grease it" (that's the new "rape it") with you. That, as you know, is how I like to travel too: March!
D.
AHHH how I wish I could have been with you guys!! I love all these pictures, I think the Home Alone one is my favorite/how Clara kept doing the pose haha. Did Katy ever show you the picture of her posing with the Alice statue in Central Park? It's kind of creepy.
So fun! You certainly know how to make the most out of visiting a city. What a great New York experience for your kids.
It's very inspiring to see how much you do with your kids. They are very lucky to have you!
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