NYC

I just returned home from a long weekend in NYC (my first) and had a wonderful time visiting my good friend Meghan.  

Friday night we went to Jazz at Lincoln Center to watch Meghan's boss perform...which just happens to be the famous Wynton Marsalis.  It was a great show and I'm sure I'll have hearing loss for awhile now!  After the show we hung out with Wynton's son and had some pizza, what a great kid!  No pics from Friday because I didn't want to be the crazy tourist taking pictures with Wynton (he was super nice though).

Saturday we woke up LATE but ate an EXCELLENT brunch at Igloo in Astoria.  I think it was probably the best brunch I've had.  The day was sort of dreary, windy, and drizzly but we did some shopping on 5th Avenue and of course we had to go to the toy stores!  We also swung by Magnolia Bakery which had the most delish cupcakes ever!  I had a red velvet and it was pretty much pure sugar but it was awesome.  By early evening I looked pretty awful from all the walking in the rain and wind.  

One of the things I really wanted to do was see a musical on Broadway so we put our names in for the front row lottery at Wicked, fully intending that we'd be seeing something else because the chances of one of us getting tickets when there were 300 some people there were pretty slim.  Imagine our surprise when my name got called!!!!  We got front row seats to see Wicked for only $26.50 a piece!!!  It was the highlight of my trip!  GREAT musical!

After Wicked we walked to the famous Serendipity for some appetizers and desserts.  YUM!

Sunday was a beautiful day and we ended up walking 8.3 miles and pretty much all over.  We started by going on the Staten Island Ferry, down to the WTC site (which wasn't anything to see), by Wall Street, up through SoHo, Chelsea, West Village, etc and then ended at Central Park.  It was great.

I think I'll have to take a trip to NYC every year for a long weekend.  Thanks Meghan!!

Fall Colors

It was a nice warm fall afternoon so we decided to take advantage of the weather and head out to Indian Lake County Park to let the girls pick up hickory nuts and try to get some pictures.  They both were too excited to do much posing for pictures but I think we got some good ones.

How bout' them Apples!

Uncle Chris invited us to the apple orchard this morning.  What a GREAT time!  We went toEplegaarden, right outside of Fitchburg, and the girls had a blast picking apples for a few hours.  The prices were awesome, only $19 for a HUGE bag of Self-pick apples and we ended up getting enough apples to last us a LONG time.  Lydia spent most of the time in the wagon eating the apples and unfortunately she got stung by a bee when she tried to take it off her apple but overall it was an excellent time!  We are definitely planning on going back again once these apples are gone.

A case of the Mondays...

Tie-dye Mickey's

Last weekend we did a little party for a bunch of families in the area.  It was a really fun time and all the kids were great!  No fighting, no crying, and no one being mean.  It was wonderful!  Aaron Jacobus brought some tie-dye stuff and I tried my hand at making Mickey Mouse tie-dye shirts.  I think for my first time they turned out ok...Lydia's ears are a bit off and the whole head is a tad crooked but I still like them.  

Cheese!

Princesses and mud!

Thanks to Hurricane Ike we've gotten some rain this weekend so we've been mostly cooped up inside.  Felicity was very excited to see Grandma Crowe on Saturday, especially when Grandma played dress up with her.  As she was getting ready to leave Felicity said "I'm coming to your house Grandma, I have my bag all packed."  Sure enough, Felicity wanted to go to Grandma's.  So off she went for an overnight.  She did wake up weepy the next morning for her daddy so she came home earlier then expected but we think she had a good time.

Belly Dancing...

After Felicity left we let Lydia outside in just a shirt and her diaper to play in the mud and puddles.  Yes, we are "those" parents who let our kid outside in just a diaper.  Funny, I always said I'd never do that when I became a parent.

Eenie meanie minie mo

I'm off to school mom!

Hopscotch