Day at the Museum

Yesterday was an unseasonal warm day, so we decided to take advantage of it by heading into the City.

We thought the kids would enjoy the Natural History Museum, so off we went.

I don't know who enjoyed it more, us or the kids.  Michael was so enthralled by the elephants that we could not even get him to turn around. Kate loved the exhibits on the Native Americans. She asked so many questions about their clothing, the housing, the animals they used, and the food they ate. I love that she is at the age of such wide open exploration and learning.

We ended the day at Central Park letting the kids run off some steam and share their goldfish crackers with this little guy.

No Sleep Till Brooklyn

Yesterday was a gorgeous day, and we decided to head into the City.
We planned to visit the Statue of Liberty, and spent the whole morning building it up for Kate. We told her about the history of it, how we were going to get there (car-subway-ferry), what it looked like, etc.
Then we got into the city, saw the signs pointing to the Brooklyn Bridge, and opted for Plan B: Walking over the bridge into Brooklyn, eating pizza, and doing some more walking around. Kate kept asking why we were not going to see the "statue delivery" any more. Such is life when you tour with the Saevas. Food usually trumps everything. We figured our kids better learn early.


The Brooklyn Bridge. Erected 1883.



Manahattan Skyline.


Did you know Michael is a gifted artist? He had to abandon this project when the cops showed up though.