Mother's Day

For the last four years, Chris has asked me what I want for Mother's Day and every year I say the same thing; the afternoon off.  So far it has yet to happen.  Something crazy always happens that requires my attention. Here are the highlights of this year.

• I was forced given the privilege of speaking in church that day
• Cordon threw a world class temper tantrum, that involved screaming, throwing things and hitting. 
• Cordon decided to see what would happen when you throw a raw egg on the floor. 
• and the best was when I finally fell asleep for a quick nap, Chris came flying into the room and yelled "you have to call poison control." Eliza had broken the child lock off the cupboard under the sink and took a bite out of one of those dishwasher soap pouch's. She is fine

Chris' parents were able to be here for Mother's Day and of course that is always a plus to have them around.  It was rainy and muggy the whole time so we didn't get to do much exploring but the kids did get to enjoy spending lots of time with grandpa and grandma. 

Nana and New York

 Last week my mom came to town.  We did a lot of site seeing and playing.

 we went to the State Museum and harvested apples and checked out fake pigs.  

 We went to Monkey Joe's and enjoyed the bouncing and sliding.

We went to Chocolate World

 We did some pouting because we didn't want to go inside

 We decided the best toy was Nanas glasses

After a few days of running around like crazy, Chris and I left the kids with my mom and went to New York City for 3 days.  We took the train and spent the whole time running around as fast as we could to see as much as we could.

 We had dinner, and the most fantastic cheesecake at Rockefeller Center

 We saw Wicked.  I was a bit nervous that I wouldn't like it but it held up to the hype. Even Chris enjoyed it.

 Captain Jack Sparrow made out of legos. I want to meet the guy that has that job.

 FAO Schwarz was not as exciting as Tom Hanks made it look.

 We stopped for a little snack

 We saw this guy in Times Square

 We went to the new 9/11 memorial.  It was really beautifully done.  I think they did an amazing job on it.

 We went to the Empire State Building at midnight.  You're allowed to stay up that late when children aren't around to wake you up at 5 am.

 We posed in Central Park

These fake butterfly's were at FAO Schwarz. I thought they were the coolest thing, but not for$35