Going to New York City with a family of 6 was very normal for us, but we took New York by surprise!! As I was talking to our concierge at our hotel about seeing the Statue of Liberty she recommended we visit from the New Jersey side so that our family would be more comfortable! We followed her advice and I must say it was great advice. The parking was cheaper and the ferries weren't as full and the New York ferries.
Our first stop was Ellis Island, our little ones weren't as excited about seeing all of the history as we were, but they loved the phones at each of the booths that they could pick up and listen to. The picture of the face up above is drawn on a pillar. Their are also poems, names and people leaving their mark at Ellis Island. The pillars are covered with Plexiglas so that the artwork and writings could be preserved.
We ate outside where Dadam took lots of pictures. The pictures of the names above are from a monument on Ellis Island with the names of everyone that come through the Island. We took the time to walk around the large monument to show the kids the names of our ancestors that came to America through Ellis Island years so that we could have our freedoms that we enjoy today.
On a lighter note...the seagulls were HUGE! They were some of the biggest seagulls I have ever seen before in my life :) They also had brown seagulls which I had never seen before.
After we finished looking at Ellis Island we got onto a ferry again and went to Liberty Island. The statue of Liberty was amazing to behold face to face. Adam and Dadam had the opportunity to go up into the Statue of Liberty. The pictures of Adam in the above picture are taken from inside and outside the top (not the crown) of the statue. My favorite is Adam sitting on the the feet that are the same size of Lady Liberty.
The evening after seeing the Statue of Liberty we loaded the kids into the van and drove into New York. We wanted the kids to see Time Square at night. We drove through the finance district and up to the tourist areas. We got behind a sight seeing bus and followed the bus for a while. We were actually able to see a lot of the sights by doing that. When we drove into Time Square the kids favorite part was seeing Phineas & Ferb on the big screen. I think that the kids over all favorite during our drive through the city though wasn't the amazing buildings, all the lights or even Time Square...it was seeing all the taxi cabs with advertisements on top!!
The next day we visited Central Park and the Museum of Natural History. The museum was amazing and I think it lived up to all of Lil Adam's thoughts of what it would be. He was able to see Rex from the Night at the Museum and a lot of the other displays that where used for the movie. While we were their someone walked up to Adam and me and told us that we had too many kids. Wow people are bold in New York!! He loves science and I think he could have been there all day, but three hours was enough for the rest of the family!!
Before we left the New York for the last time we wanted to partake of some of the food that we hear so often about. Adam dropped me of at Chelsea Market Place below the Food Network studios and I did a little shopping. I picked up a few fancy cupcakes (day old of course), fresh bread and 5 types of cheese from Lucy's Whey. In the picture above you can see the canyon ball cheese that looks like a brain! On our way back to the hotel we picked up a few pies (pizza) to enjoy as well. The pizza was great, Adam said the mozzarella was very sweet and the pepperonis were hand sliced.
New York was quite the adventure!! Dadam had a great time driving in the big city, Lil Adam was able to see the Statue of Liberty and Natural History Museum and Mom was able to create a list of must sees for our childless visit to the Big Apple !!
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