Last day with Aunty Jess.
We had so much fun with Aunty Jess that Tate still talks about it a lot. He mentions where we went with her, what we saw and often asks where she is now. If he could have Aunty Jess here … Continue reading
Category: New York
Southern end of Manhattan
For day 4 of playing tourist with Jess, we decided to head down to the southern end of Manhattan including Wall Street, Battery Park, the World Trade Center Memorial and a trip on the Staten Island Ferry. First off we … Continue reading
Playing tourist
Before Aunty Jess arrived Tate made a list of all the things he thought Aunty Jess would like to see. He had a lot of suggestions after consulting his book about New York! We had a very busy time trying … Continue reading
A visitor!
Recently we had a wonderful visit from Richard’s sister Jessica. We were all very excited that she was coming to visit and Tate loved counting down the days and also checking out when she was visiting on our calendar. The … Continue reading
Central Park Ice Festival
On Valentine’s Day we headed to the Central Park Bandshell in the afternoon to check out the Ice Festival. It was the perfect very cold day with snow falling to match the theme of the festival. This year was the … Continue reading
Natural History Museum
A few weeks ago we decided to head to the Natural History Museum for a day out. Our trip there started off with a walk across Central Park, which looked rather pretty due to all the snow and freezing weather. … Continue reading
Last weekend
Last weekend we took quite a few cute pictures with the kids, so I thought I’d share them with you all on the blog. On Saturday there was a winter sports festival in Central Park called Winter Jam. Although there … Continue reading
Our Thanksgiving.
Last Thursday was Thanksgiving here in the US. Given it was just the four of us we decided not to celebrate in a traditional way and instead took the kids out to the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn. Tate and … Continue reading
Holiday Train Show 2014
You may remember us heading to the Bronx Botanical Gardens Holiday Train Show on a beautiful snow covered day last year. It really suited the festive holiday activity we were enjoying. This year we decided to head to the Holiday … Continue reading
Haunted Pumpkin Garden
The New York Botanical Garden was celebrating Halloween with a Haunted Pumpkin Garden. So a week or two before Christmas we headed to the Botanical Gardens to enjoy the Fall foliage and of course, check out that Haunted Pumpkin Garden! … Continue reading