Christmas, Part 1
It sounds funny to do a two part Christmas post, but it makes perfect sense to us. That is exactly what happened in our household! Or at least, the opening up of Christmas presents took two days! To start off … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Christmas Trees!
Time to dedicate a blog post to Christmas Trees. It goes without saying that our kids LOVE Christmas Trees! As an example, every time we go through the lobby of our apartment building they ask to touch the Christmas Tree. … Continue reading
Santa Rescue
The first Christmas we were in New York we went to the Santa Rescue at the Fire Museum here in NY. Last year we missed out as we were on a plane to Australia at the time. But when we … Continue reading
Gingerbread Lane
As part of our Christmas activities we headed to the New York Hall of Science a few weeks ago to check out Gingerbread Lane. Unfortunately we didn’t find Gingerbread Lane as exciting as we’d hoped but the kids certainly had … Continue reading
Holiday Train Show
Our first holiday activity for the year was to head to the New York Botanical Gardens for the Holiday Train Show. As you may remember, this has been an annual activity for us since being in New York. This year … Continue reading
Providence, Rhode Island
The last stop on our road trip was Providence, Rhode Island. We drove past on our road trip with Richard’s parents back in 2013, but now was time to actually check the area out. Our first stop was the Children’s … Continue reading
Newport, Rhode Island
Because of suggestions from others; we decided to head next to Newport, Rhode Island because we had an extra day on our hands. A visit to Newport is not complete without a visit to one of the mansions. So, we … Continue reading
Mystic, Connecticut
The next stop on our road trip in September was Mystic in Connecticut. It is a lovely place that historically was a seaport. Therefore nice views of the water to be had! We decided to spent the day at Mystic … Continue reading