On Halloween morning, I saw a handsome policeman walk into our hotel lobby, fully equipped with uniform and weaponery....and I couldn't help myself but asked, "Um...this isn't a costume, is it?" He smiled and said, "Oh? No.....!" Then the kids got to take a picture with Mr. Handsome Cop and his NYPD Blue police vehicle!
There were some interesting sights we saw while visiting New York. We stayed at Marriott in Flushing, and when we walked to the subway station, we'd always pass lots of chinese restaurants! We've heard that there are many yummy chinese restaurants there, so to verify the rumor, we decided we have to go and eat it to believe it!
We tried a beef noodle place before our Friday excursion and it was soooo yummy! Abbie wanted to go on the horse-carriage ride in Central Park, while Caleb wanted to go on the boat (ferry) to see Lady Liberty. For those of you with 2 (or more) kids, you'll have 2+ opinions, and will totally identify with the chaos!
The roast duck, chicken, and BBQ pork place was delicious too! We cleaned the plates on that one too (except the rice....too much!) Hubby declared that it is possible for him to move to Flushing, NY because of all the yummy chinese food here!
We went on the subway every day that we were in New York, and it was a long ride on the 7th train from the beginning to the end (40-50 minutes from Main Street, Flushing to Time Square, Manhattan). Each day, you'll hear the same words from Caleb, "Are we there yet? I'm bored, what do I do?"
After about 20 times of the same rhetoric (on day 4), I finally couldn't stand it and told Caleb, "Just memorize the stations from Main street to Time square!" I figured that would keep distract him for awhile. Unbeknownst to me, after 20 minutes, he DID memorize all 21 stations from east to west!
He had somehow ingrained the station stops in his mind as we stopped each day at every station to pick up/drop off commuters! This skill would come in handy one day, if he keeps his photographic memory, on an Anatomies Finals in college (11 years from now)! He recited all the stations on the 7th train for the hotel manager and she was very impressed....and asked Caleb for an autograph on the Flushing subway map!
When we visited a beautiful park near Caleb's great-aunt's house, we also saw tons of squirrels! They were bold, 'jumpy', and very cute! One particular squirrel was like "Spiderman-Squirrel", and he could hang upside-down with his toes and eat an acorn with both hands! He is extremely talented and anti-gravitational, and would do so well in a circus!
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