NYC holds a special place in our hearts. I grew up visiting with my family, and fell in love at a young age.
The city was part of my love story with J. He went to West Point, which is about 45 minutes north of the city.
I’d fly to NYC to meet him all throughout our years of dating.
We have so many good memories there. We’ve taken the bigs once, you can read this post to hear about our amazing adventure.
We decided to take a pit stop in the city on the way to my brother’s DC wedding last weekend.
Good idea and horrible idea. All at the same time.
NYC is just NOT quite as enjoyable with four children. Oh my lord. I pretty much just sweated the entire time.
Twins that can fall onto subway tracks. Four kiddos that touch EVERYTHING. Sadie tries to lick things.
Lucy? Dropped a paci on the subway floor and then grabbed it and put it in her mouth before we could stop her.
Oh dear Lord have mercy.
I think I aged 10 years and had double the gray hairs after the few hours we spent there.
But still…
My heart loves NYC. So much. I loved spending a few hours in town.
But next time? It will be an adults only trip. HA!
Here’s a quick recap of our whirlwind trip.
We packed up and headed out at about 12:30.
We pulled into Manhattan around 4:00 or so and the light was just beautiful. And traffic was super light. Perfect.
We checked into our hotel. We stayed in the Doubletree Financial District.
Our room had an incredible view of the new World Trade Center.
It literally took my breath away, made my heart pound, and brought tears to my eyes.
We hopped on the subway and met Dan and Colton for dinner in TriBeCa. Leigh was sick and I was so sad not to get to see her, but I did get to love on Colton.
Who is, quite possibly, the cutest little boy I’ve ever seen. I thought Jimmy might steal him.
The Howell girls were also quite enamored with him. Or, as Dan says, Colton “speed dated” the Howell girls.
HAHA!
Lucy was the winner, I think. They kind of loved each other.
I had to take this shot of Dan, Jimmy, and the kids.
From West Point cadets to awesome dads. Kind of cool, no?
And I’ve always thought that these two resembled each other. Totally could be brothers. They are both so handsome!
We hopped back on the subway and headed back to the hotel.
This picture cracks me up so much. Do H and S not totally look like disinterested NYC natives? perfect.
The girls couldn’t stop looking out the window and saying how much they loved the city.
It made my heart happy b/c they are the product of two parents who feel the same.
The next morning we walked around a bit…the girls wanted a good view of the statue of liberty so we walked through Battery Park.
And then it was back to the hotel to load up the car.
I snapped this photo of the girls in the hotel window.They were waiting for their daddy to pull up with the car.
LOVE.
So there you have it. Our NYC experience with six.
It may have not involved high heels, fancy food, and chic cocktails. But I’ve had plenty of NYC experiences involving those things.
This time it was more about surviving. Teehee.
Happy weekend, y’all!
xo
Harper cracks me up with her faces. Love NY also – Texas born girl that I am!
I’m another who loves NYC … haven’t taken my son there yet, though. When I saw the photo of J with his pal, I thought they were brothers!
I was feeling your pain…about 5 years ago we decided to take my kids to the Grand Canyon–I thought I was going to DIE of freaking out–there are SERIOUSLY not enough guard rails! I had quite a few people tell me how brave I was–I though, “you have NO idea!” Looks like NYC agreed with everyone–fun times! I STILL want to go!
Oh gosh, I have always wanted to go to Yew Nork as Ben calls it. All of my kids have a big fascination with that city!! Such great pics.
Great pics! After NYC, your family will have no problems in all those wonderful European cities.
P.S. After speed-dating that little sweetie, no plans for 5 & 6? lol
love! When I saw the pic of the guys crossing the road pushing strollers I totally thought they were brothers. I couldn’t tell which one was J at first.
these photos are just great– i adore the one of H&S looking out at the skyline– perfect photo.
Once spent a week in NY, before 9/11, and loved every bit of it. Makes my heart ache that the US are so far away. Loved the art, the street vendors, the BOOKS. Your trip seems to have been quite ennerving, photo in the hotelroomwindow at the end probably sums it up! I am off to Malta for a week, with my students, aged 16 and over, different pacifiers there!
After reading your blog I thought you should go to this blog. Allthebuildingsinnewyork.com and watch this video.
The video is also in the blog if it does not link. We should have him move to Savannah. 🙂
Awesome! So far from my little town in Australia, would love to get there one day. Hope all the Italy plans are going smoothly and enjoy your Spring break 🙂
Worked in the financial district in NYC for 6 years before moving to the Midwest. In fact, my former office building is your your picture of the WTC. NYC is still my one of my favorite cities. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Yeah, the city + kids is definitely not easy!! But I so adore it, and even though I live in the area, I never get tired of seeing that skyline:)
They are so cute! Me and my hubby arent city people so I dont know which we would like more, the city with or withou the kids.
LOVE LOVE
Great photos! That last one is HILARIOUS!
A fantastic post, you always make me smile. I’d love to visit NYC one day, but only when the children are a bit bigger!
Funnyyyyy….Well, I love NYC too. Still have not taken kids, ages 18 and 21. Ha! But they lived in other big cities. But someday we will go. It is magical every time of year. And you need stamina to see everything (and then not bring home bedbugs). Hubby and I have great memories there.
OMG, these pictures are AWESOME! I love the one of the chickies in the window.( I’ll take em all!). I’m so glad that Daniel and Colton could meet you guys out for dinner! It is too bad that I was sick or I would have dragged you out of the hotel for swanky drinks in your new swanky clothes! 🙂 xoxox Can’t wait to see you in a couple weeks!
I had to laugh about your 2 yr. old picking up someone off the floor and putting it in her mouth. I have a 15 yr. high school sophomore daughter (she has a 4.31 GPA) who also eats stuff that falls on the floor! She also doesn’t get sick! Maybe our girls know something we don’t!
what an epic trip! so fun, & the story of the paci on the subway floor, terrifying & hilarious all at the same time =)))
xo
OMG! CUTE! I miss NYC. Well, I only had the chance to go one time (for a week), but it was fabulous. 😀