Our missing stories

So obviously there was a little break in my posts over the last couple of weeks, but it certainly isn't because there wasn't any activity going on in our lives! So for my own sake we are going to have a little recap of these events!

We went to Coney Island on Saturday Aug 30th- We were headed out there as a family, then as we were half way there Joe got called into work because of a leak into the organ chamber-there was quite a bit of rain on Friday; bad news indeed! Well, we went on ahead and were a little scared of what we had found. First of all it was not a beautiful ride into Brooklyn,(though we did think that the houses there were interesting-1/2 of it with red siding, green shingles and a rock chimney, and the other half white with blue shingles and a brick chimney- so weird to me) but Coney Island was not any better-in fact it was a ghost town. We found out later that things don't get hopping until much later in the day! Anyway, we walked around the Boardwalk for a bit and found some lunch at Nathan's with the famous Coney Island hotdog. Then we walked down the pier and played in the ocean for a few hours until Joe hooked back up with us again. This was the kids first time seeing the ocean, and they loved it. They discovered jellyfish and sea glass and wanted to go to the beach everyday afterward!

So that was fun, then on Sunday we had Joe's sister Abby come for a visit! We were so happy to have her come and I loved having another adult to hang with during the day. We had a blast- shopping, and shopping and shopping, and walking and walking and walking. Hopefully Abby's feet have recovered!


For my birthday we went to a fun place called Dylan's candy shop and had our share of eye candy as well as candy candy! Not to mention, we had the weirdest thing happen at the pier with strange boats that came and camped out, a police search all around the pier via boats and wave runners. It was really exciting and we all made up stories about what was happening; this is New York, there always has to be a good story to go along with the action!!

We went on the Stanten Island Ferry to get some close up shots of the Statue of Liberty- which Eli loves- he likes to call her Lady Liberty too and is so excited when we can see her from various vantage points like the Brooklyn Bridge, Ikea, and now the ferry. The kids liked the ferry and were counting jellyfish all the way across to the island and back.

We went to Ground Zero and the surrounding areas- now having seen video footage and pictures it really is mind boggling to imagine the distruction that took place there.

We went to Chinatown and ate some yummy icecream there including coconut, lychee, and mango-such fun. The week before I had taken the kids to the Children's Museum of Art and the Chinatown icecream factory was there doing a demonstration on making icecream- so the kids all got to try out the plastic bag version of making icecream- then when no one actually made their own icecream, they passed out some that they had already prepared. Hence the journey to their shop in Chinatown! Admittedly Chinatown isn't my favorite place- the smell at the grocery shops there is rough for those with a weak stomach....psssttt....wanna buy a purse, CD, DVD, perfume???? You really have to be in the right mood to go there! We did make a second trip there with my friend Kristen and her son while Abby was with us, only we went to the Economy candy store and a Cuban resturant and Washington Square- which is not my favorite park! We were, however, amused by the squirrel that was throwing nuts at us from the tree above our picnic table- it was crazy!

Oh yes, and one more thing, since they have had 2 Saturdays of flooding into various areas of the organ chambers- our stay has been extended into the beginning of December!!!!! Not too sad about that-but we were a little worried when they were thinking of calling off the job for a while! We weren't quite ready to leave yet!