Sydney and New York City

Sydney turned 13 and chose to go to New York City for her trip.  As required, she helped plan the itinerary and wrote reports about all the places we visited.  We had a blast!  Check out all the things we packed into our 4 days there:

Statue of Liberty.  I apologize to her for cutting off her head.

9/11 Museum.  We went through a section we didn't before and it was very touching.

On the famous red stairs of Time Square.  Brent is in line for Broadway tickets and we were people watching.  This was right before I dumped all my waffle on my lap.

On top of the Empire State Building

On top of the Rockefeller Plaza

These are from Grand Central Terminal where Sydney had some macaroons and my banana pudding (Magnolia Bakery) was like heaven in your mouth.

Sydney was very mellow and unenthusiastic about things.  Halfway through the week, I had to ask her if she was having any fun.  She, of course, said she was having a blast.  It was just hard to get a squeal of excitement out of her.  She was playing it cool all week.

Of course, we made time for some awesome Broadway!

We saw School of Rock.

Andrew Lloyd Weber was there too!

Frozen was so fun and probably our favorite.  The singing and special effects were amazing.

Anastasia was very fun too.  I love the costumes and Sydney has been singing the songs every since.

Above: Hans from Frozen


Right: Dimitri from Anastasia


Below: Mr. Finn from School of Rock

We also biked across the Brooklyn Bridge.

 

We did a self-guided food tour through Little Italy and Chinatown. 

I participated in the pizza tasting.  But, opted out of most other food.

Sydney was brave enough to try an oyster from a street vendor.

Some Asian fruit?

Steamed buns anyone?

We also made a trip out to Coney Island where we ate hot dogs (this is where they were invented) and rode roller coasters (or as many as Brent and I could handle).

There was plenty of yummy eats

A fun candy store named Dylan's

Famous cupcakes

Frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity

Amazing milkshakes at Schnipples.

Rolled ice cream in Chinatown.

Lunch at the StarDust cafe where they serenade you Broadway style.

 We stopped at a few museums so we could get some advice from a smart man.

Madame Tussauds

 And Sydney could play the oldest piano on earth.

Museum of Art

At one point, Brent made some comment about something he was learning about Sydney.  "These trips are good for me to get to know our kids better," he mentioned.  Boom!  Mission accomplished.

We sure love this teenage girl and loved spending time with her!!