New York City minus 1

Spencer still had a fever the morning we were supposed to go to New York City so we were going to cancel our trip.  Thanks to Ryanne's sweet Aunt Holly we were able to still go because she offered to watch Spencer.  Ryanne felt bad leaving a sick child, but her aunt convinced her to go.  Ryanne's aunt has 3 kids and one on the way so she is a pro with kids. 

 

When we arrived in NYC it was pouring down rain and cold.  We knew we made the best decision with leaving Spencer behind.  We quickly stepped into a McDonald's so Ryanne could use the bathroom and it wasn't until then that we noticed it was a little different.  There was a doorman, a piano player, marble table tops, and flowers on the table.  We had read about this fancier McDonalds, but had no intentions of finding it in the city.  What's funny is that the menu is the exact same - go figure! 

 

Our first stop was Liberty Island.  It was a cold ferry ride followed by a windy and cold outside tour of Miss Liberty.  We wanted to go all the way up to the crown however; the tickets were sold out so we settled for the pedestal.  We had a fun time but because Ryanne was so cold we opted not to stop at Ellis Island.  Plus neither of us had any relatives that immigrated over and stopped there so we didn't feel like we needed to make the stop. 

 

Ryanne on her way up to the Pedestal level

 

Casey next to the ear mold that was used when making the statue

The two of us on the pedestal with Manhattan in the background

When we found out that we would be going to NYC we thought it would be so much fun to bring Spencer to the Central Park Zoo.  Even though he was home sick we still went and saw the animals.  It is a smaller zoo but the layout was cool.

 

After the zoo Casey mentioned that he had eaten at this delicious pizza place in Brooklyn.  We thought it would be fun to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to get there.  It started out fun but quickly became a disaster when the rain started pouring down and Casey couldn't remember exactly where the pizza place was.  After running through many streets we found the pizza place and lucky for Casey the pizza was so delicious that Ryanne forgot about the rain and cold. 

We are already looking forward to visiting NYC again and hopefully Spencer will be able to come with us.  We'll be heading up to Boston in the next day so stay tuned.