Easter Eggs

We recently took a trip to NY. It was the first time any of us had been there! We had a great time as we roamed the streets, trying to figure out how to look like "locals". Each day we got up and I spent a couple of hours prepping everyone to go outside for the day. As they lined up, I went down the line checking off all the necessary items.... Thermals, first layer of clothing, second layer of clothing, boots, coats, hats, gloves, scarves...then, when I was finished with Blake I could move on to the girls! The scarf that I bought for Blake was a great scarf, but we discovered one problem. Because he sports the mountain-man look, his "beard" kept catching the scarf and it was "shedding" everywhere! Every time I turned around, he would be standing there with fuzz stuck all over his face! After we finally got outside and caught our breath, we began the walk down the street. By about the second day, I thought we were doing pretty good at blending in. We knew (for the most part) where we were headed, and how to get there. As we walked down the street, I heard Blake say behind me, "We look like a bunch of Easter eggs!" I glanced around at everyone scurrying past and I noticed that they all had on black coats, scarves, gloves, and shoes. Then I turned and looked at the girls briskly following me and I saw that he was right! They all had on brightly colored coats, hats, cloves and scarves! I laughed and said, "It's okay fuzz-face, I'm sure we look totally normal!"

We saw many amazing sights while we were there including, The statue of liberty, Empire State building, the bull by Wall Street, ground zero, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Christmas Show, Wicked, Carnegie Deli, Museum of Natural History, Central Park, and much more. It was so fun to see the girls' faces light up at each new adventure, and to experience it all myself as well! We learned how to use the Subway system (that Boo says is the one you ride not the one you eat.) We also learned to be quick when the trains arrived when Halli got on the train and the doors closed leaving the rest of us on the platform. (Yes, she is still with us!) I lost my credit card, and we panicked for a bit, we got to try new foods and learned that we love Pakistani food! We learned that we should stay out of some stores when we have four little girls with us. (Ask Blake about that one) But most of all, we got to spend time together every day, and that was the best part of the trip. We grew closer, and laughed, and even shed a few tears. But we did it together, and that is what we'll always remember! And the people of New York will always remember the Easter Egg people with that Fuzzy face guy.