Andrew in the Big Apple

We had such a blast. Andrew and Mommy took a weekend trip to go and visit my brother, Uncle John, in New York. He cleared his calendar, we got beautiful springtime weather and we hit the town with Andrew.

We went to Central Park, got ice cream, climbed rocks.

We took Andrew to a Thomas and Friends Live on Stage show. He loved it!

We just hung out with John and Matt. And even got to see Uncle Jim and Aunt Sheli. We rode LOTS of "underground trains." And even an occasional taxi. Andrew hailed his first cab.

We took Andrew to FAO Schwartz just to play! I love that it never even crossed his mind to ask for anything to be bought. And honestly -- the window with taxis going by was probably better anyway (pictured above).

We walked to Riverside Park, threw sticks (of course), hit the playground and saw where Captain Sully put the American Airlines jet down right in the water a few weeks ago.

Our trip brought rest to John, Matt and another friend, Joe. They said they'd never taken a walk in Central Park in 12 years in NYC. And it'd been a year since John had just sat down on his couch mid-day and watched some basketball. So -- REST was what we brought with us. And we gained knowledge of every mass transportation vehicle possible over 72 hours - Planes, mini-busses, cabs, trains, hired cars - you name it. That was Andrew's favorite part. My favorite part was just getting to spend some one-on-one time with Andrew and remind myself again what an amazing kid I have.