Gilentires and Macbreths take New York

This spring we were lucky enough to host some of our favorite visitors: The McEntires! The girls were so excited to see their cousins that they shook and screamed the WHOLE THREE HOURS to JFK airport. (It was bad traffic.)

We stayed in New York for a few days to show off the sights. And I will just say New York is a totally different experience when toting around five children. It's not just the herding kids that takes extra effort, but the carrying the stroller down the stairs to the subway, toting a suitcase worth of diapers, wipes, juice boxes and snacks, and never being able to get more than 500 feet away from a restroom before another kids need to go that gets to you. Nevertheless, we had a wonderful time introducing these five excited kids to the city.

Our first stop was the museum of Natural History. Not as big of a hit as it looks like. It was too crowded and the kids totally didn't get what the big deal was about seeing REAL dinosaur bones when they have seen fake but ANIMATED dinosaurs at other museums. Sigh. So we left and went to Central Park.

Which was a big hit. Go figure. We sat, ate snacks and overpriced hotdogs, and played on the playground. And escorted kids to the restrooms a lot. We enjoyed beautiful weather, and these country kids got to run around and use some energy.

And then an obligatory subway ride to Times Square. It's always mandatory to see this spectacle.

Back down to the subway. . .

. . . and back to our comfortable and appropriately-priced hotel room in good ol' New Jersey.

The next day we saw beautiful sights of the city as we got totally lost on our way down to . . .

The Statue of Liberty. . .

. . . and Ellis Island. The kids are wearing thin by now.

Dinner in the financial district, and then time to head home to Connecticut. . .