Okay... this day we did, by far the most amount of walking. I think we walked 13 1/2 - 14 miles, Aubree walking at least 10 of those miles, probably more - that's just my guess! ;)

We started the day, eating breakfast at the apartment & then walked to Madison Square Park - my sister & brother-in-law live up by the American Museum of Natural History.... so it was quite a trek getting down there, but most of our reason for walking was to get good food (besides that fact that we really enjoyed all the walking) - and this trip was no exception. We had lunch at the most delicious hamburger place, Shake Shack - I'm in heaven!! LOVE that place. You can get a burger with a big, ole stuffed, deep fried mushroom right on top of the meat - it's indescribable, it was soooo delicious!!

After burgers, we walked over to a custom french fry place, Pommes Frites in Greenwich Village area - you get way too many fries, topped in whatever sauces you could possible dream up - most of them involving large quantities of mayo. Do you see why now that we choose to walk everywhere?

From there, we saw the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, ate Ice Cream (in the freezing cold) & then on to my favorite place to play with the kids, Central Park. I also finally got to see that Belvedere Castle & we got a sneak peak at the floats being blown up for the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (which reminded me so much of that Seinfeld episode).

It was the most beautiful, blue, clear day, although it was very chilly... But we couldn't have asked for better weather.

(view from Madison Square Park & Shake Shack):

(waiting to get inside the busy, crowded Pommes Frites):

(and a self-portrait of me - I took most of the pictures from our NY trip with either a kid in my arm, or

another one by my side!) ;)

(just walking around...)

(Empire State Building):

(Rockefeller Center):

(Central Park):

(Belvedere Castle):

(Macy's Day Parade Floats):

This day was another very busy, jammed-packed day! We started our morning off early by getting on the subway (this day was the only day we ever rode the subway - the other days we just walked EVERYWHERE). We got off the subway, about 15 blocks north of Ground Zero. We stopped by Ground Zero & looked at the progress of the new building that is going up, in place of the Twin Towers - it was weird to stand there & see all the pictures from 9-11. It felt sad.

After visiting Ground Zero, we walked to the Staten Island Ferry. We decided to jump on, so that we could see the Statue of Liberty a little bit better. We had a fun ride to Staten Island & back. Aubree LOVED it! Preston slept for most of it.

When we got off, Natalie met us & we went to another Burger place (we ate burgers every day for lunch, while in Manhattan). Then we walked to Wall Street. My pictures end there, because Garrick said enough pictures! :( He always wants me to enjoy the moment... I guess he just doesn't get that I enjoy it better, when I get to capture moments in time... to keep forever. Anyway... Our day didn't end there! After Wall Street we walked to China Town, then into Little Italy, then into The East Village, SoHo & then back home. It was a long day, but very nice! We ate lots of yummy goodies & had fun, I was glad to have Natalie there with us. By the way, in these pictures she was only about a week away from going into labor!

A nice walk through Central Park...

Exiting the South end of the park:

We got one of the best burgers I have ever eaten, at this hole in the wall:

Central Park Zoo (on the most perfect Fall day):

Petting zoo & more playing in Central Park:

My sister's neighborhood:

A walk down to Time Square (I'm not a huge fan... I'd rather spend time in the park):   =)

I like these pictures... because they speak louder than words. This is a pretty typical moment, in my life. I just usually don't have my camera in-hand. Aubree set up this scene, saying "I'm the Mommy, Big Bird is the Daddy, the bears are the babies & Ace is the doggy". I snap a picture & then the trouble-maker enters the scene! :)

Poor Preston, defeated again! As you can see the little guy is recovering from Chicken Pox, as Aubree says "Chicken Pops". Aubree thinks the Chicken Pops will stay forever, but she says he's still the cutest little "pess-pess". :)