Taija's DREAM

When Taija was not quite 3 Pa and Grammy took us to New York for my DREAM vacation.  While we were there Pa would walk down to Toys R Us with Taija and take her on the GIANT ferris wheel.  She LOVED it and will still ask when Pa is going to take her back to New York to go on the ferris wheel.  We decided since we live so close we would make a DAY adventure out of it.  Originally we had planned to go see the Empire State Building, but once we found out it would be close to $100 for us to just go to the top we figured we could do without that adventure for now.  We decided to drive up to Staten Island and take the ferry across.  The kids LOVED going on the BIG boat.  Taija was a little leery of the subway, but once we explained that it was the ONLY way to get to her beloved ferris wheel she was willing to test it out.  Aside from the usual crazy person on board asking for money we made it safely to time square.  We made the mistake (only once) of stopping to get our picture taken with Elmo and Mickey Mouse.

AND finally Taija was once again able to ride the GIANT ferris wheel!

We had decided beforehand to walk up to central park.  It was a pretty far walk and the kids were troopers.  We found the playground and ran around for a bit - it had changed since we had last been there and was now predominantly a water park.  Since I had no desire to cart around 3 wet kids the playground was short lived.  On to LUNCH!  And where does my children and husband choose to go, although we were surrounded by cute little cafe's and restaurants...McDonalds!  Oh well.  I did insist on stopping at one of the little bakeries to buy some cheesecake and goodies for the ride home.  Although I must say it was very disappointing.  I will have to do some research on a GOOD New York bakery before paying those prices again.

All in All it was  a great day in New York City!