NYC

Central park

Swimming

A Breezy Statue of Liberty

Mars 2112

Kids Street Drawing

Top of the Rock

Toys R Us Ferris Wheel

Wall Street Bull

At Shrek

Top of the Rock

Twin Tower Memorial fountain

Ice Cream after Shrek

(cue music) If I can make it here...... I'll make it....

UH probably not. Was it fun...YES but I just do not think that I could live that lifestyle. I love my pantry that is the size of an entire NYC kitchen that holds cases of water, soda, Gatorade, and soooo much more. I love that I have 2 full size fridges in my house, and a whole room devoted to my kids toys. The NYC lifestyle is just SOOO different, none the less to see a glimpse of it was fun.

Here was our trip we flew into Newark, grabbed a train to NYC and a cab to the hotel. Next day we did the Twin Towers tour and Statue of Liberty. It is such a change having gone one year before the attack of 9-11 and returning now. There are security screenings everywhere, which is a good thing for safety but also very sad that the innocence is gone and is replaced by sniffing machines and finger print lockers so NO keys enter buildings. The Statue was neat and the kids took a park ranger test and learned quite a lot about the history of the statue. Funny part was they had to take an oath to get the badge... began I "state your name" and all three in unison said" I state your name"....and Dale then said oh wait "I Dale" The kids saw their first homeless man sleeping on a bench and he had a NASTY toenail sticking out from his blanket and Macy said....He really needs some clippers to clean his toes they are YUCKY! and she was right looked like years of funk on those feet. Dinner at forest gumps on Broadway and called it a night at our Marriott Marquis hotel room that overlooked Times Square...really cool.

We then we went to Rockefeller center, and shopped all the great big stores FAO, Toys R US, rode the Ferris wheel, Disney store, Nintendo World. Snacked at Magnolia Bakery, and did what turned out to be a favorite....vendor hot dogs....fast, cheap and yummy. We saw SHREK on Broadway and I was very impressed...it was great with lots of adult humor, Ate at a revolving restaurant. We also tackled Central park and the boats and fountains that was ok but ended at a play park in the park with water jets and play sets and that was a huge hit. We ate at Mars 2112...this cool restaurant that takes you to mars to eat complete with aliens. Finally we walked canal st. and saw all the street sales...bought a hello kitty necklace for macy, ate at a hole in the wall burger king on the edge of china town that charged for the restroom if you did not have a receipt. We also rode the subways to and fro and the kids thought that was cool but different...and the taxis were a hit too what kid wouldn't love a crazy cabbie. Dale decided he wanted Wii Sports Resort that was releasing the next morning so he and Duke went and stood in line to get it and saw a movie being filmed, and a few famous folks on the streets...all in all a great time.