Today won’t be the detailed rundown of how everything went. I’m still playing catch-up from being out of the house since Tuesday. The family took a trip to New York City (well, part of us did), and everyone had a good time. The pictures and video are bountiful, so I’m going to need some time to pull it all together. However, a bullet-point summary of what we did the past 5 days would go like this:
Tuesday
- Travel to my parent’s in Northern Virginia after school with all 3 kids
Wednesday
- Leave the twins with my parents (thank you for watching them) to drive to Manhattan to visit my sister Emily for a few days
- Walk around the tour of the Macy’s Parade balloons, as they are moored next to the Museum of Natural History (only 1 block from Emily’s apartment) — it was crazy/busy there
Thursday
- Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade from the middle of 73rd Avenue — we couldn’t get any closer, but was close enough to see almost everything
- Take Will to a playground in Central Park for a while, then walk over to Strawberry Fields and back to the apartment
- Eat a Thanksgiving dinner with Emily
Friday
- Ride the subway twice — first to go to the Empire State Building, then to go to Rockefeller Plaza to watch ice skating, see the tree (unlit), and eat lunch
- Meet up with Emily and visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- Walk to FAO Schwartz, only to find the wait in line to be rather long
- Take a taxi back to Emily’s apartment (Will’s first ride in a taxi), then back to the playground one last time
- Go to the movies to see Madagascar 2 (all 4 of us enjoyed it), then go out to eat at a diner-style restaurant
Saturday
- Try to leave early, only to discover the battery was dead — finally got a jump from AAA
- Drive back to Northern Virginia to spend the night at my parent’s house
- Got to see Dena, Dennis and Nicholas at dinner — Will really enjoyed seeing his new cousin again
Sunday
- Drive back home in the rain — only took about 30 minutes longer than normal, and that included a stop for gas
That’s a lot going on in one long trip. We all survived, and we really enjoyed the company of everyone we met over those days. We hope everyone else had a fun and safe holiday weekend. We hope to see you soon.
As I said, I hope to post pictures and video at a later date, but I hope this suffices for a quick summary at moment.
