New York, New York!

Matthew and Mimi at Belmont
October 15, 2011 

Christmastime is my favorite time in the city, but between the last two weekends, October is really giving December a run for its money! Last Saturday, Rob and I had a fantastic day. As a Mother's Day gift, Rob and Matthew got me two tickets to Wicked. It was the first show I ever saw on Broadway with my mom back in 2007. Since then, I have listened to the soundtrack hundreds of times and wanted to see it again. On Saturday morning, while Matthew hung out with Mimi and Papa, Rob and I headed into Manhattan. We got a pre-show glass of wine at the Palm Restaurant across the street from the Gershwin theatre and then went in and saw the amazing show! After the show, we went to Three of Cups in the East Village for a wonderful dinner before heading home to be able to see Matthew before he went to bed. The weather was awesome and it was so nice to spend some time alone with Rob (although we just talked about Matthew the whole time anyway). 

Mommy and Matthew in Central Park
October 22, 2011

This weekend we had no plans, which is very rare for us. We decided to take a family trip into NYC. It was a little brisk, but such a nice day! Matthew took his first trip on the LIRR and the subway to get to Central Park. We had packed a picnic lunch and set up by the carousel. After lunch, we got our tickets and only had to wait a few minutes to get on to the ride. Before it started moving, we put Matthew on his own horse to get some pics and then once it started moving, I hopped on a horse with Matthew. He pointed a lot at the horses, the clowns painted on the inside, other people, and anything he could possibly point at. It was a lot of fun for all of us and it was #16 on my 30 Before 30 list! 

Pointing on the carousel

After Central Park, we walked over to FAO Schwarz 

LOVING NYC!

because we wanted to buy Matthew a toy to remember his first trip into the city. Matthew missed his morning nap and passed out in his stroller before we got to the toy store. That didn't stop us though! We picked out an FAO Schwarz Stuffed Tool Box. It's about time that guy started doing some work around the house! After FAO, we walked over to Sprinkles Cupcakes on Lexington. I'm fairly obsessed with cupcakes and have seen every episode of Cupcake Wars where Candance Nelson, founder of Sprinkles cupcakes - the first cupcake bakery - is a judge. When I heard they opened a Sprinkles in NYC, I wanted to try it. It did not disappoint! We got two cupcakes to share: chocolate peanut butter and cinnamon sugar. We also got some Starbucks to go with it and sat outside for our snack. Cupcakes + pumpkin spice latte = AMAZING! Matthew woke up while we were having our snack and he had some cheerios...which to him were just as good as cupcakes. 



After a few more stops (one being Barnes and Noble on 53rd and 3rd to change Matthew...good clean bathroom with a changing table if you are ever in need of one) - we headed back to Penn Station to catch the train home. We got home and fed Matthew and he was asleep within minutes. The big city wore out the little guy! 


It was such a fantastic day - now let's listen to Frank sing about the city that never sleeps!