The Big Apple for a Day!

It's a funny thing to take 6 kids into New York for the day and let them choose what they would like to see. First on their lists of "must-sees" was Central Park. They just wanted to climb on all the giant rocks that are all over the park. For some reason this was their favorite part of the giant park.

We found rocks and let them climb away.

We then wandered through the park to look at all the different people and things that only exist in a big city.

There's nothing like a street show and lots of people.

After playing hard in the park, we headed for real "New York" style pizza and pasta. We ate at this restaurant last time we came and liked it so well we came back---or should I say it was the only place we knew for sure.

Heather did a great job of navigating us to the next "must see" of Dylan's Candy Shop. Three floors of sugar and bright colors. This is every kid's dream.

So much sugar, so little time.

Bins and bins of brightly flavored candy and some chocolate.

I think the best part of the store is upstair where the cupcakes are sold.

Another "must see" for the kids was finding a cab and getting to ride inside. They thought it was so fun to try and hail a driver. It took a lot of doing to finally get a driver to stop for so many kids.

And what trip to the city would be complete without seeing Times Square and visiting the Toys R Us Store.

I love their anticipation.

Tyler's favorite part of the giant toy store is the Lego section. I think he was trying to convince David it really was the best part.

The girls loved the giant Barbie area. Emily doesn't really love Barbies, but how can you resist looking when everything is so pink and big? After the toy store and looking around Times Square for a little bit we loaded all the kids on the train for the ride back to Hamden. Heather and I got many strange looks during the day, but I was quite impressed we did so well with only 2 adults and 6 kids and millions of strangers. Let's just say we were exhausted by the time we got back to the house, but it was time well spent.