NYC trip

Hello family and friends,

Are you all ready for the loads of pictures I am about to throw at you? My mom and dad took me to New York city to visit our friends Ryan and Lisa and have a look at their town. They do have quite the town and we spent a fun filled four days of seeing all that NY had to offer.

This is not my first time on a plane but the last time I was I was only 11 months old so I was not as mobile. I like to stretch my legs these days so trying to keep my attention for 4 hours was not as easy but mom and dad told me that I was a good girl.

Lots to see out such a little window. It did not take me long to figure out how to move the shade up and down.

Here are us girls ready for a fun filled day in New York. We had bagels for breakfast and then headed into midtown. I got to have my first subway experience and it was fun to smile and wave at all of the people. There are lots of people to make friends with in NYC.

We took a trip to the top of the "rock" in Rockefeller center. Here we are in the nice flower garden and I am taking one of my naps in the stroller.
This is the view to the south into lower Manhattan from the top of the rock. The empire state building sure makes it's presence known in town.
A view to the north looking into Central Park. We were 67 floors up at the top of the rock.

Us at the top of the rock!

This is the kind of old meets new that is all around the city. Okay, my dad told me to write that.

We then ventured further into Manhattan to see time square. That place is very busy. Lots and lots of sights and sounds to take in.

We then headed back to Lisa and Ryan's place for lunch and then met up with Lisa's friends Jenn and Melanie. They joined us for a trip to Brooklyn to see the beautiful botanic gardens.

Here we are waiting for the train to come and take us to our next adventure.

Mom and dad under a blossoming cherry tree.

We had dinner in Brooklyn and then headed home for some games and a good night's sleep. I was worn out and slept very well.

The next day was a bit cool and rainy so mom and Lisa went to see if there were any tickets on sale for a Broadway show. After waiting in a long line mom was able to get tickets to West Side Story and so she and dad went and saw that while I got to play with Ryan and Lisa. They sure are fun to hang out with.

The day after that mom, dad and I went to see the Brooklyn bridge and the Statue of Liberty. We also took a walk through the Wall street area.

It was a bit cool and rainy but we had a fun time seeing lower Manhattan.

We took a boat ride out to Liberty island and then to Ellis island. I sure am glad that I know how to sign boat. I showed some of the other passengers how to sign boat and they thought it was cute.

Here is Lady Liberty in all of her glory and the big statue behind her, ha ha.

We had tickets to go into the museum and up on to the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty but unfortunately the tickets were all sold out for going to the top of the crown. It looked like it would have been a really good work out for mom and dad to carry me to the top so it was probably better this way.

This was the old torch that was used and is now on display in the museum.

Here we are on the pedestal just beneath Lady Liberty.

This shows what the weather was like looking from Ellis island back at lower Manhattan.
We headed back for dinner with Lisa and Ryan after they got off of work.

Needless to say that I was again worn out from another busy and fun day.

The next day we headed down to China town, Little Italy and Soho.

Can you believe there is a Hagen Daus in China town? China town was busy and there was so much that I wanted to buy but dad just kept saying no. I did end up getting a cute shirt.
We stopped for lunch in Little Italy at this little place. Dad saw the sign for lunch specials and he was sold.
Here I am telling some stories over our lunch.

We then made our way back up town to Central park. There are so many paths and trails to go on in the park. We saw a castle, lots of lakes, baseball fields, and of course my favorite thing a playground.

Any Ghostbusters fans out their?

We finished off our day with a trip to the Metropolitan museum of art and the the Guggenheim art museum. Art is pretty cool if you ask me.

At the top of the Met there is a cool exhibit where they are building a bamboo structure with 5000 parts. It was wild and the view of the city from here was a great way to end our trip.

Thanks for reading about my trip. We are going to be in Iowa for Tulip festival in a couple of weeks so I should have more fun vacation pictures to share with you.

We sure have a lot to be thankful for in this great nation and the beautiful things that are all around us.

Love you all,
Lydia