Leaving New York...

NYC Day 4

7.8.09

Grand Central Station

Just a cool piece of architecture I liked!











The Bronx and Yankee Stadium...


The old and the new on one picture...

New

Old

Mac, Greg and Lu check it out.

Right Through the Heart of It!

NYC

Day 3 Part 1

7.7.09

Central Park and the American Natural History Museum

Central Park

The glacial rocks were absolutely incredible pieces of history and landscape!! And of course the boys loved to climb on them!

One of the many bridge tunnels in Central Park.

The Central Park Zoo
What a wonderful and surprising treat!!! It is so amazing to me that this little zoo exists within the middle of a park! It is sooo well done!!! This sea lion aquarium is right in the center when you enter and they have shows every hour.

This peguin was sitting on a nest. It was so cute! A docent told us that the penguins in this group all take turns sitting on the nest!

These Polar Bears were so cute and their enclosure was incredible for viewing! They had viewing stations almost all the way around and at different heights. So youcould actually see thie male polar bear swim underwater and then itch his "backside" on the window right in front of you!! Gus was actually born at the Toledo Zoo!!!

A beautiful macaw...







And two silly boys!

The Children's Zoo of Central Park

Meant for slighly younger children than mine, but nonetheless we LOVED it! What a treasure NYC has!


Turtle eggs...

Bunnies!!

The American Museum of National History:

This was the museum in the movie Night at the Museum! The boys ( and I) were so excited to be here and get to see the sites from the movie!! The outside looks exactly the same!!

A view looking down the street from the museum.

But that's when everything changed! This is the foyer of the museum-similar, but definitely different! We found out that the exterior shots of the movie were shot here, but the inside shots were on a studio set!! hmmmm










But we found Rexie!! On the third floor!!!! Not in the entrance!!

Hanging from the ceiling...

A view from the top floor looking out over Central Park.

"Dum Dum, you want some Gum Gum?"



We finally located Dum Dum on the top floor in the last room we entered!! We were determined not to leave before we saw him!!

The Streets of New York...

NYC

Day 3 Part 2

7.7.09

This afternoon and evening we explored other parts of the city... Washington Square, NYU,SOHO, etc.

Washington Square

Dancing in the fountain!

SOHO

We walked, we shopped, we hung out and had dinner...

Mmmmm, Mmmmmm, Good!

A rootbeer float... Lu's favorite!

The City that Doesn't Sleep

7.6.09
NYC Day 2 PM

So after a long day on the islands, we decided to walk to Times Square and all around to check out the night life.

Times Square Toys R Us

Can you say little boys dream?

You can't really see the giant ferris wheel behind Lu in this photo,but each car was a different cartoon vehicle... Toy Story, The Mystery Machine, etc.

Just had to have a picture with Jeffry!!!

An ENTIRE wall of Transformers!!!

Where do we begin???

Jurassic Park Dinosaur that really moved and roared!

Lego Statue of Liberty

Lego Empire State Building

Lifesize Transformer

The boys paying for their own toys... PRICELESS!

Times Square Countdown New Year's Ball












Radio City Music Hall!

NBC Studios

Rockefeller Center

Where the Today show is filmed. They were working on the set when we were here.