We Heart NY!

This is our 2nd year going to New York during this week for a few days. Ahh what a difference a year makes. Last year was fun but it was oh so hard. Kendall was only 2 1/2 and a stroller in the city is not fun! This year the kids being a little older and it being a little warmer (35 degrees instead of 20 last year) made this year more fun than last. We arrived at the Marriott Marquee right in the heart of Times Square Wednesday and Daddy had to work but we didn't need him to tour the city ourselves. So after room service dinner the kids wanted to go for a walk. So a walk we did. We headed over to Rockefeller Center and saw the Christmas Tree and the people ice skating. It was a brisk 22 degrees I think. But the kids did great. Thursday morning we were up and ready to tackle some more of the city so we headed to the Museum of National History. It wasn't too crowded either except for some school groups. There for awhile we had the whole dinosaur floor to ourselves. Then after the museum the kids wanted to head over to the Park. Central Park is right across the street from the museum so we headed over. I'd love to take the kids back in the summer when they can fully enjoy it. Tyler was having fun but it wasn't long before Kendall said she wanted a taxi back to the hotel. That's right we took taxi's. I asked the cab driver what people did who lived there and he laughed and said they did just what I did. Put their kids in the cab fasten seat belts and hope for the best (that last part is my interpretation). Friday we walked to Grand Central Station (which Kendall didn't like because she thought it smelled "yuck" inside. On our walk back to the hotel we also stopped at the NY Public Library. Beautiful building but I wasn't too impressed with the children's room. Daddy came out with us Friday night so we headed over to Toy's R Us before dinner and rode the Ferris wheel and picked up a toy or two. We also briefly saw the Naked Cowboy too. We had heard he retired but I guess not, he did cut his hair though. Anyway here are some pictures of our trip. We can't wait to go again next year and hopefully we'll be back out there in the summer some time.