Birthday NYC Trip

When Alayna had her birthday in August she got to go spend a weekend with Auntie in New York City, so now that it was Calvin's birthday it was also his turn for an NYC trip. He was very excited about it,and Auntie Brooke and Uncle Macharia did an amazing job making it special for him.

We got there on Saturday and had pizza for lunch and then we went to Manhattan to the Intrepid Air Sea and Space Museum. It is actually a huge Navy Aircraft Carrier that has been turned into a museum and it is truly amazing!

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There was so much for the kids to actually touch and see, and Calvin loved it!

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It was also Kids Week so they had some special things going on. They had some clowns from Barnum & Bailey's Circus who performed and then had an area for the kids to learn some clown stuff afterwords.

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He learned how to juggle and how to spin a plate!
This was by far his favorite part! And after a little practice he could even pop the plate up off the stick and catch it again! He loved it!

It was super cold and windy that day, but we did make it up to the flight deck to see some of the planes up there.

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And what an amazing view of the city!

That night we of course had Tacos for dinner and then birthday cake!

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The next day it was back into Manhattan and first on the list was ice skating at Rockefeller Center!

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It was AMAZING!! Definitely Mommy's favorite part :)

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We skated for probably an hour and it was so nice. Calvin tried so hard and never gave up!

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And thankfully he was the only one to fall!

It was pretty cold, so we took a taxi to Rockefeller Center and Calvin thought that was pretty cool. Once we were done skating the wind had died down so we walked to our next stop.....FAO Schwartz!

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Calvin wasn't nearly as outwardly excited about this as Alayna was, but by the end of the day he said it was one of his favorite parts. He ended up with a cool Nerf basketball hoop as his gift from Auntie and Uncle Macharia.

After that Calvin really wanted a Hot Dog from one of the street vendors.

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He thought that was so cool! We ate and walked to our next stop....Dylan's Candy Bar.

They have 2 floors of nothing but candy! And they also had a chocolate fondue fountain so we got Calvin a chocolate covered Rice Krispie Treat for dessert!

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What a mess! But it was so good it was worth it!

That afternoon Macharia and Calvin played some football right along the water outside of their apartment.

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It was such a great weekend! Before we went home we asked Calvin what his favorite part of the weekend was, and he thought about it for a minute and then just said "All of it"! How awesome is that?

Thanks again Auntie and Uncle Macharia for giving Calvin such an amazing weekend! You guys are the best and my kids are so very lucky to have you in their lives.