Our family vacation this year is to NYC... yes, we're nuts. But there's a story behind our reasoning... but that's for another day. So here's a run down of the past few days:
Friday, Aug. 5: The Mister is already in NY, so the kids and I flew out of DFW to meet him. We payed for the 5 Star Service by American Airlines, and it was worth every penny. "John" met us at the curb (our driver kept calling him with our location) with a luggage person and cart. He had our boarding passes already printed and in his pocket. He helped us get thru security and then escorted us to the Admirals Lounge. While we were waiting, our flight was cancelled. John was on it! He found us another flight that left 10 minutes later, but flew into Newark instead of JFK. Once it was time to go to the gate, he had a cart waiting right outside the Admirals Lounge and drove us to the gate (with a stop at the food court on the way). When we got to the gate, the pilot had made the executive decision to delay boarding until the plane cooled down. Apparently it had been sitting in the Texas sun all day and the inside of the plane was 105+ degrees. About 45 minutes later we boarded (it was about 90 degrees inside the plane) quickly...wanting to get in the air as fast as possible because the a/c would work better, plus the -50 degree air outside the plane would help, too. The flight was ok... we didn't use the car seat for the Little Man (John said when he tried, it wouldn't tighten up and therefore wouldn't be very safe). That made the flight a bit of a challenge... Little Man can buckle and unbuckle the seatbelt by himself. But all in all it was a good flight. The Mister met us in baggage claim and had a car service (SUV) waiting. The car service took us to the hotel (in the middle of Times Square)... checked in... blah blah blah... good night.
Saturday, Aug. 6: This was a "boring" day. We walked around the southern corner of central park in the morning and then the NY Library and Grand Central Station in the late afternoon.
Sunday, Aug. 7: American Museum of Natural History... I've never been here before, even though I've been to NYC several times. We really had a good time. Funny story... I bought "Night at the Museum" for the Sisters to watch to prep them for the museum. So Sat. evening, they go to watch it, and it turns out I bought the second movie, you know, the one that takes place in the Smithsonian. Oh well. We did try to find several things from the movie, including Dum Dum:
The girls and I then went to see The Lion King during Little Man's nap. OMG! It was wonderful! Probably one of the best musicals I've seen! The costumes were AMAZING and the music/singing were UNBELIEVABLE! I'd love to see it again, but it was pretty costly!
Monday, Aug. 8: The Bronx Zoo... Another "landmark" in NYC I've never been to. We had a good day; it's a really large zoo.
