New York Day Five

We got up early and decided to join the joggers of NY at Central Park. We didn't run, but we did stroll through. It was so foggy and eerie. Even though there were no leaves, it was still breathtaking. You couldn't hear the hustle and bustle of the city at all. In fact, because it was so foggy, you couldn't even SEE the city!

I felt like we were in a scary movie, but it was so cool.

 Hey there, Robin!

 There were several gazebos strewn through out central park. We only saw the west side, but wow!

 Can you see the buildings?

After the park we strolled through and found the American Natural History Museum.

This is where they filmed Night at the Museum.

We are going to watch this on Family Movie Night this week.

 

We went to my Uncle's apartment to have brunch and to say goodbye to my cousins, and grandma, and then went to Rockefeller Center.

 We were going to ice skate, but the lines were to long, and we needed to get moving.

We went in and decided not to spend the $40 to go to the top. It was too foggy and I wanted to keep going. Haha.

We toured inside and then continued on.

When I was younger, my sister and I got to see the Rockettes Christmas Show and they picked my sister to go on stage and ride the sleigh with Santa. 

There is a HUGE Lego store in Rockefeller Plaza.

 We picked up something Lego for Lucas. It was a Statue of Liberty, Lego'd.

Then we walked up to St. Patricks Cathedral.

Amazing.

Then we went to The Plaza Hotel.

Bridget LOVES Fancy Nancy Books, but she also loves Eloise.

We HAD to go to the Plaza Hotel to see if she was there.

She was! The Desk Clerk said she had just stolen his pen and went to the basement of the hotel. :)

 There were 2 Eloise shops. One for sweets, and one for all things Eloise.

When we come again with the kids, I have a whole day planned here JUST for Bridget!

We also had some Macaroons.

 Pistachio, Strawberry, and Vanilla Bean. They were ALL delicious.

We spent a lot of time there, but had to move on.

We opted to not take a carriage ride in the city. Too slow. :)

Another cool building.

We decided to go back to the Museum and check it out. It was so close to our hotel so we jumped on the subway and went to the museum.  We got there at 4:30 and they close at 5:45. Admission is $25 a person, and as Nathan was pulling out the cash the ticket guy said, "we are free the last hour, so go ahead and go back!" We were so stoked! We went in and saw some amazing things. It wasn't even that busy!

This was around the time that my MIL called Nathan to tell us that their furnace was out.

Their house was in the 40s or something and that it was too cold in the house to stay there. They were headed to our warm house for the night. :(

 

We walked to the hotel and Nathan grabbed some pizza. Sicilian is square, regular is triangle.

Look how HUGE the pieces are!

We watched Downton, stayed in the room, and had a fun date night in!

We did a lot today, but I am glad we saw everything we wanted to.