New York City Highlights

We went to NYC for Thanksgiving this year and had a BLAST! We went with our good friends (The Pelfreys) and they have cousins that live in Manhattan. Where he is doing a Phd in biology (we even got to see his real lab!). Anyway, there were 6 adults and 3 babies camping out in a one bedroom downtown Manhattan apt. It was so much fun. We had a dream weekend and felt like we were in a movie. Doing all the things that are done in the movies! For example...

My darling boys at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

This is a dump truck that was parked on the street. About 30 minutes after the parade started the truck was competley full of people whether they were inside the bed of the truck, on the hood, or standing on the tires. There were over 3 million people trying to watch a parade that is only 2.5 miles long... That's more than one million people per mile!

The Rockefeller Tree and the famous ice scating rink at Rockefeller Center. The Today show is filmed just a little to the right of John. Unfortunately the tree wasn't lit, but it really is magical to be in NYC around Christmas Time, there is just something in the air. Right after this we strolled down 5th Avenue. Making stops, of course, to see the zip code of amazing shoes at Sak's, the Louis Vitton handbag store, and the Disney store. It was so fun to see the people with their shopping bags and dream of the day when someday we might have a real job that pays money...of course we probably will never shop at Saks but it never hurts to dream right.

Times Square at night time was amazing!

We got to see the REAL Santa Clause at Macy's Department Store the day after Thanksgiving. I am pretty sure it was the real one. (1) he lives in Santa Land, (2) his cheeks are like roses and his nose like a cherry, and (3) his elves took this picture with our camera so we didn't have to pay the $50 to purchase the one they did. This is all the proof I need. Although we did miss our families horribly, it was a very fun Thanksgiving weekend.