New York City

Steve and I went to New York City at the end of March because Steve had a conference there. So here is the quick low down of what we did.
Wednesday: We arrived at noon, were able to check in to our hotel in Midtown, went on a bus tour...
Central Park...

Top of the Rock...

and Chinatown Brasserie for dinner.
Thursday: Steve went to his conference and I met my cousin, Walter. We walked around NYU and SoHo before our spa appointments at Bunya CitiSpa and then we went to the American Folk Art Museum. Later on Thursday, we went to see Lion King which was awesome! Walter & I below in front of some funky sculpture.

Friday: Day 2 of Steve's conference and I started off shopping on 5th Ave for awhile, met Steve for lunch and then met up with a high school friend, Mike, and we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, through Brooklyn Heights and around the Financial District. Below, Mike & I before I hopped back on the subway back to the hotel.

We headed out to Trecolori for dinner.
Saturday: Steve and I headed to Battery Park for a looksie at Lady Liberty (below, obviously)...

and then all the way through Central Park. John's Pizzeria for dinner and up REALLY early to catch our flight home. We had a fun trip!

Oh happy day!

AJ is 3!

AJ had a very busy 3rd birthday! He started out the day opening a couple of presents from momma and daddy.

Visions through a red balloon...

Tyler and Amelia ready for some cupcakes.

Alex and Tyler sporting their hard hats.

Ready, set, blow out your candles!

YUM!

Present time!

Trying to put batteries into his new toy with his screwdriver. Too cute.

Getting his flirt on

AJ got McDonald's for his birthday dinner. He wants chicken nuggets and fries for every meal!

Nikki (one of AJ's babysitter) stopped by with a gift for AJ too. It was his favorite gift... a baseball mitt and ball!

Little bits of silliness...

Pretending the carpet is a blanket- Goodnight!

Pillowcase race, anyone?

Playing with shadows

Chocolatey goodness! Vegan chocolate cupcake recipe can be found here.

Uh-oh, momma... Someone got into ALL the leftover cupcakes!

Towel made by gramma

Cleaning up Pound Cake's bummy.

I am trying to take pictures of those cards on the fireplace. AJ had a different idea!

Playing on the back of the couch. That's a no-no.

Just a sweet pic of our little guy.