Friday, March 23, 2012

Central Park Zoo

The other day the weather was just lovely so I put the baby in her stroller and headed down to the Central Park Zoo.  We had a great time!  The zoo is very small but they still have some awesome exhibits, which means that it is the perfect place to take very young children who aren't necessarily up to the entire day that a normal zoo would take to view.  Check out some of the animals!


Pictured above are a snow monkey, sea lions, and a polar bear.  They were all out enjoying the sunshine this week!  My daughter's favorite animals in the entire zoo were the penguins.  Because they swim up against the glass she got an excellent view and found them enchanting.  We sat for almost an hour while she watched them swim around!
There is also a children's zoo with domestic animals that you can feed pellets from the machines around their enclosures.  They have sheep, llamas, goats, and pigs among other animals in the children's zoo.
The two sections of the zoo are separated by the Delacorte Clock.  The clock is very famous and has several animals that spin around it and play music every hour.
The zoo may be small but it is very affordable and the animals are simply wonderful to see.  If you've never been you should take an hour or two and go check it out.  It will be worth your time!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Montauk

Last weekend we went to a Murder Mystery Weekend in Montauk.  We had a great time!  We took the LIRR out there and the train station was right across the street from our hotel so we didn't need a car at all, which was really nice.  The hotel was beautiful and we had a wonderful time solving a murder!



One of the great things about living in NYC is that we have access to a ton of fabulous vacation spots for almost no cost.  It was $60 total for 2 round trip tickets to Montauk and next month we will be taking the bus to Washington D.C. to visit family and that will cost us $60 for 3 round trip tickets.  We couldn't have driven to either place for less than $60 in gas so it was very affordable, not to mention how beautiful it was there.  Take a look!




Wednesday, March 14, 2012

M&M Store

I've been so busy lately!  We had a fabulous vacation (you'll get pictures of that in a couple of days) and a lot of other stuff going on around here.  But even when you're busy there is still a ton of stuff going on in NYC!  In the first week of March we wanted to get out with the baby and do some kid friendly things and there isn't much more kid friendly than candy, right?  So off we went to the M&M store.

The baby isn't much interested in chocolate quite yet but she loved all the bright colors and the fun sounds inside.  Mostly locals never go in the M&M store because it tends to be a very tourist-oriented place but when you've got kids you end up getting to do stuff you otherwise would never have a reason to do.  We did buy about a quarter of a pound worth of M&M's...that is the dangerous part of going there, buying the chocolate you knew you didn't need before you entered!