NYC Revisited

The very little girl in this picture spent her Columbus Day weekend exploring a very big city.  Norah covered a lot of ground in her two day visit to see Christy and Jace.  This is Christy and Jace’s beautiful subway station.  And this is a glimpse of the beautiful park that is adjacent to their building.  Norah played at three different parks and theirs was the best.   This is a picture of Norah on a different playground in Central Park.  We chatted with a nanny while we were there.  She was pretty cool.  I asked her if she had kids and she emphatically said “no, I couldn’t be a nanny if I had my own kids.”  I commented to her that the moms must struggle with missing out on all the cute things their kids do and milestones etc and she said “no, they don’t.  They have no idea what they are missing so they don’t mind.”  She stressed that she loved all of her employers and had nothing but respect for them and just said things like “they just want different things.”  It was funny because as we chatted she started to include me a little in her comparisons of nannys to their employers (me being a nanny) and said things like “you and I” or “we (nannies plus me) just don’t care about prep schools.”  She even accompanied the family on vacations which she enjoys unless they are going to Colorado on Ski trips.  Wouldn’t be so cool if you could nanny your own kid (Moses’s mom did) and go on those vacations?  There are seriously nannies everywhere in NYC – and yes you can tell just by looking.  Bryan, Christy and Norah riding on the subway.  Norah thought the subway was awesome and preferred to stand on the floor (with support of course) like a surfer so she could fully enjoy all the turns and stops.  You may notice she has something in her hand – this is a piece of bagel.  A few moments before this picture she tried repeatedly to share it with the person sitting next to me.  He was wearing a hoodie (hood on) and had his head bent down and didn’t look up the entire time.  Norah kept trying to get his attention but he just ignored her.  She eventually finished the bagel herself.    The Brooklyn Bridge.  I’ve always wanted to walk on it and I finally did.  It really is impressive.  I can’t get over that this bridge was intended for carriages.Norah loved running all over the deck of the bridge and was either “playing peek a boo” or “where’s Norah” in this picture.  Norah consulting Christy’s guidebook After walking on the bridge we walked on the promenade, stopped at a park and then headed for Chinatown where we met up with Jace.  Jace ordered us a fabulous lunch in Cantonese which we attempted to finish and then walked off.  We stopped by the Apple Store on 5th Ave. on our way home.

Norah loved the Natural History museum.  There was plenty of space for her to run around and she enjoyed looking at all the animals.  Norah attempting to climb up this pyramid to get the ball Christy and Jace in the Roosevelt Rotunda After the Natural History museum we ate at the Shake Shack and Norah attempted to drink Ketchup After playing at the park by Christy and Jace’s building on Sunday and Monday, Norah had a hard time understanding why it was closed to her on Tuesday.  Even harder to explain to her was why it was still full of children.  Norah watched helplessly as other children played on the slides and swings without her. Still she remained composed as she tried to problem solve.  Then these kind little girls came over and told her that she could come and play after 3 when school was over. But it was no use.  She was devastated.  On the bright side she fell asleep as soon as she was in her car seat and slept half the way home.  Oh and I bought that cute handbag on Canal street in New York.  I heart NY