New York Trip Part 2

This next part is Greenwitch beach, and the Museum of Natural History. The first set of pictures come from the beach. This was the first beach that we visited, and was the first time that any of the kids had ever seen close up. This was in my opinion the perfect beach, expensive, but Imust say worth it. The sand was soft and perfect for digging and playing in. (Aby especially enjoyed that part.) and the water was warm and pretty shallow. (during low tide which is the time that we were there.) The kids played all day long until they couldn't play anymore. Thank you Monica for taking us to this beach, and mom and dad thank you for paying our way in.

Brynn and Kenzie pretty much thought that this was a great big big sandbox with the added benifit of a giant swimming pool to play in when you got too hot. Here you can see them digging a hole together. I am so grateful for thier friendship.

Mom thought that this was the best way to spend her time at the beach. She enjoyed the shade and playing with the grandkids. She did spent a lot of time in the sand also digging holes and taking kids into the water. It is an experiance that none of the grandkids, or parents will ever forget.

Aby and Kenzie found that together they could dig a bigger hole a lot faster. Aby could have played in the sand forever, in fact when we went to leave and cleaned out her swim suit at the shower spout, she had over an inch of sand in the bottom of her swimsuit.

Kambree and Kenzie spend time enjoying the hole that Aby and Kenzie dug. It was so much fun to watch the three girls get to know eachother and watch them play and grow closer.

It is kinda hard to see in this picture, but all four girls wanted to be buried alive in the sand. So Tyler and Aaron dug holes for each of the girls and then covered them with sand. They thought that it was so much fun they kept burying themselves the rest of the day.

They didn't just bury themselves either, somehow Monica, Tiffany, and I were talked into getting buried in the sand also. It really wasn't that bad the sand was soft and cool and felt really nice until the kids decided that it was fun to walk on mom. The only problem was that the sand got into every possible spot on your skin, both exposed, and unexposed skin!!!. So after relxing in the sand Tiffany, Monica, and I took a nice trip out to the bouy where we stripped suits and took a mini bath. (ok not really stripped off but we definately scrubbed the unexposed skin:)

With the help of some bigger boys, the kids created a "hot pool" in the sand by blocking on of the rip tides (I think that is the correct term) one of the small rivers that runs out to sea after the tide goes out. They had fun playing in that, watching the fish, and taking baths. The only sad part was when it broke.

This was one of the few times that I was able to catch Aby in the water. She really did enjoy the swimming, but did spend most of her time on the sand. I think that I need to invest in a sandbox.

Kenzie Bless her heart, swam, played in the sun, and looked for crabs until she couldn't make her sweet body continue any more. She came over after going swimming one time asked me to wrap her in a towel, and then lay on the ground and went to sleep. She had a great time and just didn't want to quit.

This next set of pictures take place at the Museum of Natural History. This was a place that I had really wanted to go. I admit that I love Museums, and this is supposed to be one of the best. It really was great, and once we all warmed up we had a great time. The best part was this was the day that Ryan flew in. After a few hiccups in the pick up plans: His plane was delayed so he had to take a bus to Grand Central Station all by himself, and then find the Library because Grand Central was closed, and wait in the rain for Aaron to come and take him by subway to us. He made it and I could not have been happier to see him.

Aby saw her dad from across the room, and much to our surprise yelled "daddy" and ran to him. He and Aby have a very special relationship, and when she got to him she gave him a great big hug and then he picked her up and put her on his shoulders. Ryan was so tired but was a great sport about plugging through the rest of the day until we could get back to the hotel and he could crash land on the bed.

Aby and Kenzie were also very tired, about half way through the museum. They were not really interested in the dinosaurs and crashed in the stroller. I was glad, because it made them very easy to keep track of.

This was taken after we had eaten at the Carnigie Deli, and the wind was blowing and making the kids so cold. It had been raining most of the day, and this is also an example of what we looked like only the adults were carrying umbrellas and trying to push the stollers at the same tim. After leaving the Deli we put the umbrellas up to block the kids from the wind, and then made the decision to take cabs back to the cars. (you should have seen the cab drivers faces when they saw the stollers!) Tyler and Aaron did run one of the stollers back to the cars, but the rest of us took the kids and met them.