New York, New York

We are back from a long weekend in New York City visiting Aunt Gina! It was a great trip (made even better by the fact that this year there was no exorcist vomiting - on Henry's part - and no food poisoning - on Mike and Gina's part. Hooray!)

Henry and I headed down Thursday morning on the train. The train, of course, was almost the most exciting part for Henry. We had a bit of an issue at first because when we got on none of the people on the train would move their seat to allow Henry and I to sit next to each other, so for the first 20 minutes or so we had to sit apart. Then, Dave the conductor came in and discovered our predicament. He basically shamed everyone in the car (by yelling very loudly "Do you mean to tell me no one in this car woould move their seat to allow you to sit next to your young child??!!?? It's all "Me, Me, Me these days, isn't it!") and moved us into some reserved seats. I love conductor Dave.

Thursday was pretty rainy, so we mostly hung out at Aunt Gina's Henry is obsessed with her cats:




Friday we headed out to the Brooklyn Children's Museum:





And then spent more time desperately trying to get the cats to play with his toys:





Mike got in late Friday night, and Saturday morning we all trooped downtown to the Museum of Natural History to see the dinosaurs again - they were having a special exhibit on "the World's Largest Dinosaurs", so we figured we needed to do a return trip. They had a fossil excavation area that Henry really liked:



And here he is with his pouty "no pictures, please" face:


All smiles with Mike, though!:





After the msueum, we spent the rest of the day in Central Park:








Saturday night Gina kindly watched Henry for us, so that Mike and I could go out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary:



We went out to eat at Aquavit , which is a restaurant we have wanted to try for as long time (It isn't easy to find good Scandinavian food....some may say it is an oxymoron!). The food eas excellent, although since we decided to go for the tasting menu, I did indeed have to eat some herring (the things I eat for love...first the squirrel soup in Prague, now herring). Oh, and Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas was sitting by us - fun!

Sunday we headed out to brunch and then the playground:







Before heading back to Penn Station and a train ride home.

Thank you to Aunt Gina for hosting us - we had a great time!