best. sunday. ever.

This last Sunday was pretty much the best Sunday I have experienced in my mere 21 years of living. After going to church at the manhattan singles ward we had ourselves a little picnic in central park :) it was BEAUTIFUL! the weather was gorgeous! (around 65 and yes that is amazing for around here) After lunch us 7 girls laid around on a blanket and people watched for awhile. There are some rather interesting characters in New York including (but not limited to...) the drunk women dancing around a little to sexy, the man who couldn't seem to stop staring at us for about 30 minutes, the young girl who's dress was so short it shouldn't have been legal, and the man walking the dog wearing what looked like something straight out of vogue magazine. Gotta love NYC :)
Markel and I walking to the park

 Markel and I at the park (yes there were 5 other girls there but I don't have pictures with all of us in them haha)

 The BEAUTIFUL park :)

After church got out while we were waiting for the other girls to change Krista and I ventured outside. Yes she is in the pic. But she is hard to find haha

 Now for a little randomness...
The weather is finally getting to the point where it's bearable to go outside and play at the park! I have taken my kids to this amazing park called Harbor Island 6 out of the last 6 days I have had them. Yes. The park is that cool. Its RIGHT on the beach so after we play on the play ground we can feed the ducks and look at jellyfish. Yup that's right. Jellyfish. They are creepy and orange and SOO much fun to go out on the docks to look at.
Us nannies like to stick together at the parks. This is a pic of Krista and Markel having a little to much fun. Notice how their kids are no where in sight. Yeah they climbed it for no reason. LOVE IT!

experience the city like a five year old!

So this week on Friday (ok can I just go off on a tangent here and say Fridays are the best day of the week. no other day can compare to that glorious feeling that you get when you wake up and realize that the next day is the weekend. best. feeling. ever. anyways...) I decided to take Richard to Columbia University for a little children's concert. It was so. stinking. cute. We even got little shakers and everything! It was epic!

After we took a taxi over the other side of central park (the ritzie side) and had ourselves some dinner at the cutest little Mexican restaurant. Now when i say Mexican I don't actually mean "Mexcian". This is "New York Mexican" which way more American than it is Mexican. NY does not know how to do Mexican at all. Its pretty depressing.... After I took him on the Subway because he had never been and thought that going was pretty much the coolest thing since sliced bread, and who was I to deprive him of this experience. I think that after he was a little shell shocked and ready to take the taxi again! haha!

Then I took him to Grand Central Station since he had never been there before either. He LOVED it. I mean who couldn't love thousands of people hurrying and rushing in every direction. That place is so alive!  Right after our train left the station they evacuated everyone from Grand Central because of a bomb threat! We got out just in time! Thank goodness!