The Kids Take Over

On this particular morning, both kids ended up in our bed. Around 4 a.m. a thunderstorm rolled into our area. Emily was the first one up in our room. Matt joined us after a very loud thunder bolt hit close to the area. Needless to say from that point on I didn't get much sleep due to the invasion of space. What I find so cute is that both kids have certain "funny" sleeping quirks - Emily has her pink eye mask and Matt has his sleeping hat. Dave called me up at one point to see that both kids were positioned exactly the same way but on opposite sides of the bed. It looks like they may have started a new trend - synchronized sleeping. You have to love kids while they sleep, so quiet and innocent. Then they wake up!! :)

Stylish Sleeping

Matthew has become hilarious about his sleeping "requirements". First, it is summer and he still insists on wearing his snowman winter pajamas from two Christmas' ago. Oh, and he doesn't like the shirt being buttoned. He also insists on having all of his stuffed animals laid around him. The most recent and funny thing is that he has started to wear a sleeping hat. Dave recently introduced the kids to "The Three Stooges" and in one of the episodes it showed them going to sleep and one them wears a sleeping hat. So, Matt went into his closet and found his Wall-E Christmas Santa hat and declared it his sleeping hat. I love the kids imaginations, how they see things and incorporate them into their own lives.

Gotta Love Those Legos

A trip to NYC would not be complete without a trip to the Lego store for Matt. You have to love a store where their decor is their product. Every time we go there I find something new. This time is was the lights. Only the Lego store can have a Lego piece as a lighting system...too cool.

The dragon is suspended over a mini build of Rockefeller Center.

You have to love the Big Apple Lego style.

I Love Trains

One of the reasons Matt loves going into the city is that we always take a train. Here he is "patiently" waiting for the train at the Secaucus station. When he saw it coming, he made his "announcement" that the train was on the track and approaching the station (that is the reason his had is over his mouth). Finally as it got closer, he tried to get the engineer to sound his horn, but he didn't. No matter, Matt was in his glory that the train was there and we were ready to ride. He also got to go on two subway trains (the E train where he spotted his first NYC rat on the rails) and then on the way from Penn Station to NJ we rode a doubledecker. If all we did that day was ride trains, Matt would have been completely happy!

A Whole New World

On our visit to NYC, Dave introduced the kids to a new store - the Nintendo DS store. I believe Emily's exact words when seeing the store was "could someone slap my face". We chose not to oblige her request. They loved playing the different games they had on the DS units and got to play Mario Brothers on Wii. The kids loved the store and want to go back again on our next visit to the city.