Josie turned 6-years-old in April and the tradition in our family is to get a special trip with mommy to New York City when you turn 6, so this was her year! She chose her cousin Anna as the friend she wanted to take with her and we had a ball.
We left bright and early from Tampa at o'dark thirty - here we are a little bleary-eyed but ready for our big adventure:
Since we arrived early and the girls were hungry we ventured out first for some food. After a delicious lunch at the Vietnamese restaurant around the corner from Papa's apartment (where we were staying) we headed over another block to Crumbs, a specialty cupcake place, for a very special dessert. Josie's cupcake was literally almost as big as her face! She had her heart set on the "Cosmopolitan" because it was so pretty - even though it was a cupcake made to taste like a liquor drink and I was pretty sure she wasn't going to like it. Nevertheless, she insisted it was the one she wanted so it was the one she got. We all voted Anna's choice of a vanilla with strawberry icing as the better-tasting choice.
The girls surprised us by being amazing little shoppers. We didn't really have an itinerary for the afternoon as our flight had originally been scheduled to arrive much later, so we just browsed the sales. Anna and Josie LOVED it! And we weren't even shopping for them!!
Here they are with our bags on the stoop at the apartment.
It eventually started raining - but that didn't stop us!
We thought it would be a good idea to go to Central Park and have them hide under the toadstool with Alice in Wonderland to wait out the storm:
It eventually did stop raining and we had a lovely stroll through one of the most beautiful parks in the world, in my humble opinion:
It started drizzling again so we took a break from the rain in the famous FAO Schwarz toy store. They girls were dazzled!
Of course we took them to play on the big floor piano:
Finally it was time to get some dinner. Ali found this great diner where the waitstaff all aspire to be on Broadway some day so they sing show tunes in between serving the tables - here are the girls out front:
They could really belt out some tunes:
Josie was enthralled!!
We requested that they sing a song from Joseph since the girls have been diligently listening to it in the car and practicing for their performance in Wellington. When the guy started singing he came all the way upstairs to our table, got Josie's hand, led her downstairs and onto a table where she belted out the entire song with him! It was so cute and I was laughing so hard and was so proud of her that I was crying. She did a great job and was the only kid in the entire restaurant who got to sing with the staff. The audience raved and Josie ATE IT UP!! She is a born performer.
That concludes our first day in the big city - I'll post more tomorrow!!
Of course we took them to play on the big floor piano:
Finally it was time to get some dinner. Ali found this great diner where the waitstaff all aspire to be on Broadway some day so they sing show tunes in between serving the tables - here are the girls out front:
They could really belt out some tunes:
Josie was enthralled!!
We requested that they sing a song from Joseph since the girls have been diligently listening to it in the car and practicing for their performance in Wellington. When the guy started singing he came all the way upstairs to our table, got Josie's hand, led her downstairs and onto a table where she belted out the entire song with him! It was so cute and I was laughing so hard and was so proud of her that I was crying. She did a great job and was the only kid in the entire restaurant who got to sing with the staff. The audience raved and Josie ATE IT UP!! She is a born performer.
That concludes our first day in the big city - I'll post more tomorrow!!
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Well done JoJo! I'm proud of you :)
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