Part of what I love about the girls' names is that they were both popular 100 years ago and many people with those names are now great-grandmas. Both names evoke a vision for me of sweet old ladies rocking away together on a porch. I pray Ella and Sadie will live meaningful lives full of love and will be enjoying each other on a front porch somewhere many years from now.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Spring break in NYC!!

We've been wanting to take a trip to New York City (especially Ella!) and Chris was feeling up to it physically so we booked it for Ella's spring break! It went so well! We went into it with a list of things we hoped to do and a very loose timeline to do them. Our mindset was that we were going to go with the flow and not be burdened by a schedule. If the kids were tired we'd head back to the hotel and if we didn't get to every place on our list, no big deal. This type of flexibility doesn't gone naturally to me but preparing to do the trip with this mindset worked great and it was a very low stress, very fun family bonding time! Definitely will do this again!
The Ferris Wheel in the Times Square Toys R Us was a big hit with Sadie. She went twice! Ella on the other hand was not digging the height and refused to go!

Our hotel was the TRYP in south Times Square and was a good fit for us!
Times Square baby!
We happened upon the Macy's Annual Flower show and it was awesome! 

These steps in Uniqlo changed color and fascinated Sadie for a long time! I'd been stalking this store online bc there are no locations near us and they weren't selling online. We happened on one near the Empire Stare building and ended up buying 2 big bags of clothes for the whole family! Love this place-fun, funky, quality clothes at amazing prices.
Sadie lady passed out on Chris' shoulder in Eataly which was an awesome, tasty adventure.
I'm a huge sucker for a cheese plate. The  mostardo on the plate was so amazing we bought a jar to bring home!
"Mama! This noodle is Sadie size!"
Taste testing some Parmesan after learning how they cut it from a huge wheel 
Waiting for our authentic Italian lunch (which was aaaaamazing)
See the Empire State Building sticking up in the back?
We found a fun playground across from Eataly
Circle Line boat ride was great. The Statue of Liberty was breathtaking.

Rockefeller center still had ice skating in April!
The Lego store

FAO Schwartz was wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
Quintessential New York (this and the corned beef and pastrami on rye from Carnegie's deli that we brought home!!!)

Central Park
Cab ride fun :-) 
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