We went to NYC for the day last week. Since it's only 2 hours from Philadelphia it's a very doable day trip. We left early and got into NYC about 9. We parked in Manhattan and walked everywhere. And I mean, everywhere. The kids were real troopers! It was McKaylah and Ava's friends birthdays so we went to the American Girl Place store and had lunch in the cafe. Then we walked by the Plaza Hotel ("Hello, Eloise!") and then into Central Park. It was hot and muggy that day so all the girls had a great time running through the water jets in the playground. We walked around one of the ponds, admiring the families of turtles (much bigger than our two babies at home here-see below blog entry) and ducks. The girls rock-climbed on the huge boulder mountains and then we walked to Rockefeller Plaza, looked at the Farmer's Market stuff, went into Anthropologie (yes, I actually dropped to my knees and started weeping, weeping at all I saw. A bright white light shown down, I heard harps playing and birds chirping, I felt as though I was floating in a warm, soothing bath of glorious, glorious, oh, so, so, so, so glorious dresses, purses, and shoes...sigh...until the sales associate asked me to please get up... ) and McKaylah and her friend Sofie did some modeling in the window. It was funny cuz as they struck a pose (work it girl, give a twirl!) people walking by would stop and stare as they held their super still moves, then they'd wave or laugh and the people would wave and laugh back. Oh, Anthropologie, how you bring joy into people's lives...
Then we headed back towards Times Square, it was dark at this point. We went to dinner overlooking the bright lights of JoLo, Calvin Klein, P.Diddy and Elizabeth Arden advertisements. Much different than my hum-drum, cozy, earthy suburban life, but it was fun to see again (next time it's Magnolia Bakery and some vintage stores for mommy!) We took the girls into the largest Toys R Us in the galaxy for ferris wheel rides. It was fun. After a stop by Starbucks for some yummilicious pumpkin spice lattes for the drive home (it was about 10 at this time) we headed back down south to the home of Benny Franklin and cheese steaks...not as glamorous as NYC, but home all the same.
Thanks to our friends Sofie and Vivienne for inviting us to a day of play in NYC. It was a 
blast, thanks guys!
Sisters in NYC
Ava and her AG doll at the American Girl cafe
McKaylah and Ava in the AG Place store-luckily we made it out safely, no big purchases-Whew!
hammin' it up at Rockefeller Plaza
models in church St. Anthropologie
at Central Park
turtles in Central Park
McKaylah was amazed at a big city park having all the plants and animal life it has
Yaaaay!
Times Square
Ava and Viv on the ferris wheel. McKaylah and her friend were in the cart next to us.
Chhhhheeeeese!
