New York, New York at Christmas Time!

 We went to New York City for another family fun day the Monday after Thanksgiving. (Where I am sure that Breanna picked up some kind of virus that is the culprit of the pneumonia she is fighting now) . We had such a great time with lots of memories to hold onto for years to come. The weather was PeRfECT, unseasonably warm.  We have never been to New York so we were all very excited. I can remember as a little girl watching Christmas shows about the windows in NY and it was very cool to see them in person. The kids l-o-v-e-d the windows and decorations as you can see in the pictures.

We parked on Staten Island and rode the ferry over to NYC.

The kids were so excited to ride the boat. It was a great ride because of the view of the city as we approached and the route took us right past the Statue of Liberty

This one is much more impressive than the one we have in the Susquehanna River near our house.

Here we are on the subway. Logan got car sick on the way up and we didn't do him any favors by putting him on a boat and then on the subway. Poor guy....he was a trooper and perked up later in the afternoon.

First stop, Macy's!

The kids were to hold on to someone ALL day, skin to skin contact was the Mama rule!

We packed lunch and found seats in front of Macy's to eat. It was so much to take in, the buildings, the busyness and the people watching was a bit overwhelming. It was pretty neat to hang out in the spot where floats, bands and balloons walked by just a few days earlier.

Ohh the windows....Olivia stopped cold in her tracks...I am almost sure she would still be peering into the windows if we didn't move her along.  These are the windows outside of Macy's it was our first stop.

 I loved watching the kids, taking it all in. So sweet...ohh the memories I will treasure forever!

These are the windows at Lord and Taylor on 5th Avenue

 sweetness, the time seemed to stop...............

 Even our trooper Logan, struggling to get his stomach settled from car sickness, was intrigued with the windows.

 We went to the American Girl Store and the girls enjoyed every second of it.

Ice Skating in Bryant Park.  There were a few puddles on the ice since it was almost 70 degrees!

 

One of the kids yelled "look, look there is....."  I blew it off thinking yeah it just might look like someone we know...and what do you know it was our friends from PA!!!!! So we took a few pictures, gave a few hugs and all laughed that we ran into one another in NYC.  Its easy to do though since its such a small town (yeah right)

We did a lot of walking and all the kids did great!

 Olivia was so happy to check out this floor at Toys R Us, they had an entire upstairs for Barbies. Yep, how fast the Christmas list grew after going on this floor.

 Taking it all in at Times Square, snapping a few pictures. It was very overwhelming to look at all the flashing signs, people and sights.

Breanna scored on purchasing a record at Urban Outfitters. We Stopped by Rockefeller plaza to take a look at the big tree and see the NBC Studios

 Okay, hours later, blocks later, possibly a couple miles from the last location where we bumped into the Snyder's....We bumped into one another again at  FAO Scwarz, so the kids were able to go on the giant piano together.  How cool!

 They ran, they bounced, they had fun on the key board now they need to watch the movie BIG to appreciate where they got to play.

 Night time in NY is just how it is on TV! All the horns, sirens, noise. It almost looked like daylight with all the signs illuminating the streets.

When you are walking through the streets in NY you never know what (or who) you will see......oh my

 Okay, Here is the naked cowboy. Our kids are sure to tell you about him if you ask them about our trip. Logan just couldn't believe he wasn't embarrassed to not have on any clothes!

 Logan is feeling well and after eating we all were laughing and being silly as we walked back to Macy's.

 We ended the evening by stopping by to see Santa and visiting Santaland at Macy's. Maddy said, "that just made me want to believe in Santa by how good he was"....funny. Not to mention Olivia asked Santa for a PONY! Santa just grinned and looked at us puzzled like what the heck do I say to that?  he-he.

So we had a great time on our adventure and we all were a bit sore the next day from walking and it took a few days to catch up on rest. We got to see the store windows, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Plaza, Bryant Park & Times Square.  Plus a few places we popped in along the way.  We are certain to head back and see some different sights on the next trip. Everyone had a great time and we learned a lot along they way.  Breanna said she could live (and shop) there, Logan said there is no way he would ever live there and Maddy and Olivia just want to go back to the American Girl Store.