Mother's Day is the most popular restaurant day of the year and for us, the food court at the Mall worked out for everyone.
Erin was proud of her tinker toy house
that folded up on its own. Kind of like the one designed by Frink's Security
Erin was a soccer player this spring. Tessie just dressed the part.
The older girls performed a car wash act for the acrodance recital. It was acrotastic!
Mom's friend Julie visited from California
She managed to locate Tessie in her secret hideout
Regina Pizzeria always satisfies
two full family photos!
Julie wanted to visit the Paul Revere house for research for an upcoming book
Routes of Revere and Dawes on the night of April 18th 1775
Memorial Day weekend we headed to New York, where the fish were biting
combined we landed 21 bass
Outings on our weekend included the PepsiCo sculpture garden, brought to you by Diet Mountain Dew
The grounds were all abloom
and perfect for cartwheeling
and chillaxing
Bear Mountain State Park had a great old carousel with a Canada Goose that no one ever rode. Maybe 100 years ago they were not the pests they are now.
Bare rock on Bear Mountain - get it? Now at 1.2 billion years old, these rocks have seen more than we will ever know, having formed on the supercontinent Rodinia back when life on Earth consisted solely of bacteria in the oceans
Wait, they have bears on Bear Mountain? Makes sense. Love the bear-sized hammock,
We were near the highest point on the AT at Clingman's Dome in the Smokies a couple of months earlier. Who knew that the lowest point is at the Hudson River crossing?
We managed the 1200-foot ascent to the top of Bear Mountain for a great view up and down the river
Wall Street, celebrated home of droves of morally bereft fortune-seekers, was not our intended destination in lower Manhattan. Nice to see that they've co-opted the American Flag as their giant symbol. I guess huge money bags wouldn't have looked as impressive.
Right next door is poor Federal Hall, who needs a smaller banner to remind people that the establishment of the New York Customs House and then US Treasury on the former site of George Washington's inauguration is the real reason why New York City has dominated US finance for the life of our country.
Federal Hall itself had few visitors and the basement vaults were absolutely empty
Last year we did Liberty Island and this year we were determined to see Governor's Island. With rain in the forecast, the first ferry of the day had about 10 people on it.
Which meant that hot chocolate from the desolate Starbuck's on the island was a perfect way to wait out the rain.
The girl's were impressed with the bathroom truck
And they had two-person bathrooms, too
The Hills did provide a commanding view of the harbor and the most famous resident of Bedloe's Island
We loved the modern playground
but have noticed that fancy playgrounds are always made in Germany. Thank you, Richter Spielgerate, and thank you City of New York for agreeing that provision of play spaces is a social necessity.
Oh yeah, and Governor's Island happens to be a National Monument
back near Wall Street, the Charging Bull was way bigger than I thought it would be. Of course bankers live in a culture where size matters...
quite possibly my favorite picture, ever, and we'll see how long the Fearless Girl is allowed to disgrace the Bull on the Bowling Green
Pigeon chasing
This year the big tadpoles couldn't be found
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