Girls trip to NYC!

New York City...we had an absolute BALL!! I don't think it would have been possible to have more fun than we did. I loved every minute of it, and we vowed we would go back really soon. I am so grateful to have such a cute mom and darling sister. I love them dearly. Ok, so onto the trip. My cute Dad...as he was dropping us off at the airport, he handed each of us an envelope and told us to open it up on the plane. He gave us some shopping money and the sweetest little note. Such a cute guy. 

We were there over the anniversary of 9/11. This building right by our hotel was lit up red white and blue. The day of the anniversary just seemed like an ordinary day. I was kind of surprised. I did notice, not just that day, when the police would sound their siren (the quick two beep one), it always reminded me of the sounds of the city after the attack. It is an eery sound to me. There was a banquet at our hotel for firemen who helped during 9/11. It was really cool to see. 

It rained quite a bit while we were there. But, that didn't stop us from going all over town!

Our hotel. So fun to stay in such a fancy and famous hotel! We loved it!

Ok, this is one of our very places in New York. The tenement museum on 97 Orchard Street. Amazing. So much history and so well done. Last time we did a tour and swore we would go back. This time we did two tours. One tour in 97 Orchard, and then a walking food tour. It was so fun! In a year or two they will have a new tour about the holocaust - we promised we would go back and go on that one. 

The night we had our play, we decided to eat room service. We had to do a Waldorf Salad of course. $40 dollars later for just a salad...I about died. We also calculated that the tiny Diet Coke you see there, was $1 an ounce....which totaled to $8. Crazy. Anyway, it was so fun. After dinner we went to go see A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. So so so funny and so darling. It won best musical last year...and I can see why. Loved it. 

We had to go to the American Girl Doll store. I was in heaven. It is 3 stories, and is filled with every teeny tiny thing you could want for your American Girl Doll. I got Lilly a little hat for her and her doll. We were in there for probably over an hour...there was so much to see!

Some random parade. I had to take a picture...there was something so "new york" about it. One thing I adore about New York is all the American flags. They are everywhere, and I love it.

Cute Annie. Annie has been our babysitter for years. She is so talented and so beautiful. She has had a dream of performing in New York since I have known her. She finally took the leap and the opportunity and left for New York. It was SO fun to meet up with her and talk with her. This particular day we stopped in at the mall in Columbus Circle to see my favorite shoe store and grab a snack. She texted me and asked me where we were. I told her, and she said "I am 5 minutes away from you!"...of course we had to meet up. Love this girl and am so proud of her!

The one thing I don't like about travelling is how frumpy I always look. New York gives me crazy hair, and I always look so ragged. So, not many pictures were taken with me in it! This day was an exception. I watch the Today show almost every morning when I am working out. So, I had to get a picture in front of Rockefeller center and NBC Studios. 

Anton was so great to stay home with the girls. He did great with them, and told me he could have gone another 3 days. The girls were perfect for him, and they had a lot of fun. Claire & Lilly (but mostly Claire) cried and cried and cried when I left. It was hard on me to leave them because they were so sad...but I guess as soon as I was gone they were great. They were ecstatic when I walked in the door!