It's St. Patrick's Day!

Today is the wear green or get pinched day, otherwise known as St. Patrick's Day.   Since my kids are on Spring Break, I don't have to try and figure out how to send my daughter to school in green today.   Last year, St. Patrick's Day fell on Spring Break as well.   We were hanging out in NYC for the week.   We watched parts of the all day parade that is the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York.   Here we are:

We ate a cookie with a shamrock on it we bought in Battery Park

I absolutely love New York.   I would move there if it wasn't so expensive and our families lived up there.   But alas, paying 3Xs as much as I do now for housing and being 18 hours from our nearest relative is not what is best for our family.  So, we stay in the south and I'm content to visit.  For a walk down memory lane, I'll post the top 10 favorite things we did last year.   Since this was my 2nd trip to New York.  We skipped some things that I would enjoy in lieu of what the kids would enjoy.   No Met. or Broadway shows this time, but we had a blast doing what we did.  I already posted about the parade, I'm not including it, but it was one of our favorite things.  

Number 10, Belvedere Castle, Central Park:

Number 9, Watching a bit of the Today Show and getting on TV!: 

Number 8, FAO Schwartz:

Number 7, Toys R Us Times Square and Times Square in General:

Number 6, Children's Museum of Manhattan, seriously fun:

Number 5, Riding the Subway, the cheap and necessary entainment:

Number 4, Hanging out with Daddy and exploring the city every evening after work:

Number 3, The Statue of Liberty: 

Number 2, Visiting a new playground everyday we were in the City.  Pictured: Upper West Side, Central Park: 

Number 1, Carriage Ride in Central Park:

My top ten list might look a little different, but these are the things the kids loved the most!

We are having a blast exploring our town this year.   I'm working on posting the various things we have done this week.  The weather has been gorgeous, so we have been outside lots!