15 April

Vacation Day 1: New York City to do list.....

1. Ride a bus to Port Authority.......check
2. Times Square.........check
3. Buy some overpriced stuff in an electronic store b/c you forgot essential chargers at home......check
4. M&M store to buy some overpriced M&Ms out of cool dispensers and two $7 pens.....check
5. Ride on a smelly subway train.....check
6. visit the Lego store and the ice skating rink in 30 Rock.......check
7. Little children having to use the bathroom at an inconvenient time........check
8. Wait in line 90 mins to go on a silly ride on the 2nd floor of the Empire State building b/c"some guy" told us the wait would be less to get to the top......check
9. Wait in another silly line to get to the 80th floor and then ANOTHER line to ride up to the top of the Empire State building......check
10. Getting to see the view from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building (totally worth the wait-next time to the 102nd).......check
11. Riding on anther dirty smelly subway..........check
12. Barely pulling off a fancy lupper with cloth napkins in Little Italy (at our favorite place-Angelo's on Mulberry).......check
13. Gelato from a street vendor in Little Italy.........check
14. Folding strollers and carrying them and unfolding them again for little kids to ride in......check
15. Walking across Chinatown to see all the strange food being sold at the street markets.....check
16. Losing our backpack and then finding it again(which involved J leaving wife and kids to wait in a subway and running a 5K across China town in street clothes)......check
17. Another subway ride complete with a small girl child touching everything then putting said hands in mouth.......check
18. Battery park and the Statue of Liberty (minus the ferry ride-Trevor we promise next time!)......check
19. Walking over 18,000 steps.......check
20. Telling the Kids the story of 9-11-01.......check
21. taking another subway, then bus back to the hotel for a dip in the pool and a SHOWER.......check
22. falling asleep before the kids........check