New York City Here We Come (Monday, April 4)

Katelyn at Carlo's Bake Shop

We are so excited to see the city but we seem to be on a detour. We exited the freeway and it still said New Jersey...then it said welcome to Hoboken. I feel a surprise coming on.  That is exactly what happened. Our tour guide, Sohailah took us to Carlo's Bake Shop home of Cake Boss (which is a television show on TLC if you are not familiar). We were all so excited (although Mrs. Phillips and I already knew about it)! We all tasted some yummy treats and they were even filming while we were there.



Evanna with Lady Liberty

 We then proceeded to our NY Waterway tour which took us under the bridges and all around so we could see all of the amazing landmarks including the Statue of Liberty (which is also much smaller than expected), the Brooklyn Bridge and all of the city sites. New York is a very crowded city! We then grabbed a quick lunch at Pronto Pizza and proceeded to the World Trade Tour Museum. Okay...so this is where it finally got me. All of the other memorials were very interesting and honoring to our founding fathers, but this one....most of adults remember quite distinctly. Our kids were still quite young when this tragedy took place so their memories are limited. Most of the adults, however, walked away with a sense of sadness and an overall appreciation for the commitment of those who rescued so many.

It was "Time" to lighten things up. Next was our visit to Times Square (get it...). Anyway, try and picture this scenario. A very crowded Times Square, our kids looking around in awe and us adults trying to corral them in a close area so that we could keep tabs. STRESSSSSSSS! We made it through but it was work and we all had a great time. The group that I had went along with Mrs. Devore and Mrs. Yu and decided to ride the ferris wheel located inside....yes, that is INSIDE... of Toys R Us.  So much fun!!!



Ferdinand & Cameron enjoying dinner at Chevy's.

 After our time of shopping we met for dinner at Chevy's and then proceeded on to the Majestic to see Phantom of the Opera. It was fabulous! The actor that played the phantom was absolutely incredible and all the kids loved it. Needless to say, it was a late night and we were all exhausted.