NYC

Last Thursday we went up to Manhattan for a couple of days. When we got there Thursday we hopped a cab and had lunch in Little Italy. We ate at Puglia Ristorante. They had great food and a gentleman singing some awesome Italian songs. Even Tayeson got into it. After lunch we walked over to Ground Zero. Since it was 9/11 there was a lot going on. It was so sad to see all of the flowers, pictures, and memorials everywhere. Then we hopped a cab up to the Museum of Natural History. We had a great time walking through all of the different exhibits. When the museum closed we headed down to Times Square to ride the ferris wheel at Toys'R'Us. T thought it looked like fun until it came time for us to get on. Needless to say, we had to get a refund on our tickets because he wasn't having it. We quickly grabbed some dinner and headed over to Broadway to see Mary Poppins. It was fabulous!!! T had a great time clapping with everyone and when the mean nanny came out his looked at me and said, "it's Trunchbowl." This had everyone around us giggling.

Friday we headed back into the city to meet some friends. We had planned on swapping kids so the each couple could spend some time at the temple together. They bailed at the last minute so Eric went to the temple and T and I walked over to FAO Schwartz since it was raining. We had a great time and could have spent hours there. They had tons of stuff for the kids to do and try. On our way back to meet Eric, we grabbed some lunch in Central Park. After Eric was done we hopped a cab to the Guggenheim Museum. It is such a cool building. We had a great time walking around and touring the exhibit. After we were done it was pouring rain out so we stopped halfway to the car and grabbed some dinner before heading home. We found this great little cafe on Madison Ave called City Market Cafe. They had awesome strawberry cheesecake and fabulous eclairs. When we were ready to brave the rain we took a nice soggy walk through an abandoned Central Park, which was really quite nice despite the wet weather. All in all we had a great time and can't wait to go back.

Having lunch at Puglia.

Here we are at Ground Zero. It's really hard to see anything because they have it mostly tarped off to the public. It was so weird to see this huge plot of undeveloped land in the middle of all of the huge buildings.

Here is T in front of T-Rex at the Museum of Natural History. I think he was disappointed that it didn't come to life and run off to fetch a bone. :)

This is looking up at one of the dinosaurs in the entry way of the museum. This thing is HUGE!!!!

Here is Eric in front of his favorite childhood dinosaur.

This is inside the New Amsterdam Theatre. All of the carving and details are so pretty.

Here we are waiting for Mary Poppins to start.

T had a blast attacking me with this shark at FAO Schwartz.

This display is entirely made of Legos. Who takes the time to do this?

A shot looking up at the rotunda at the Guggenheim.

T and Daddy preparing for the soggy walk to the car.