Family Trip Day Three: New York City

Okay, day two in New York.

We began the day very leisurely at my friends house, a mere 40 minutes from the Bronx. Since by now we were totally pros at the whole NY thing, we decided to park on the street (free). We caught the same subway and headed to Manhattan.

Today we started at Times Square. This place is massive. Huge. Enormous. There were so many people! It was everything that I thought it would be. We walked around and found what we were searching for. Toys R Us. Yes, that is right. We flew all the way to Boston, drove to New York just take our kids to Toys R Us.

But really, this place was awesome. There is a farris wheel in the store where the cars are all fun characters. The one Levi liked was Scooby-Doo. There was also a huge T-Rex near the lego section and the original Bat Mobile. Not to mention Levi and Claire's favorite thing, a Thomas the Train section. The train track that was set up was huge! But the lame thing was that there were only 5 trains for the kids to play with. This caused lots of problems, as sharing gets really hard with a huge train track.

We must have stayed in TRU for over an hour. We let each kid pick out a toy too. Levi got Scooby-Doo Action figures. Claire got a pet dog.

By the time we were done it was lunch time. And the reoccurring theme during this trip reared its ugly head once again. FAST FOOD. Yes, I took my kids to their very first McDonald's. Crazy I know. Luckily they were not blown away by the sheer goodness of the food. I am not even sure if Levi recognized it as the "Big M" (that is what he calls McDonald's) by our house.

Next we boarded the subway and headed further down Manhattan. We wanted to see Ground Zero and the Statue of Liberty. Luckily they are within walking distance! We did not take the ferry to Lady Liberty, just caught a glimpse from Battery Park.

Although it does not sound like a full day, it most definitely was. We (Josh and I) were exhausted from doing all that walking. Claire and Levi (one on Josh's back, the other in the stroller) were tired from, well, being kids. We took the subway back to our car at the Bronx and headed back to Lis's. Another fantastic meal was awaiting our arrival. Lis is awesome; did I mention she is single?