A Long and Lovely Holiday Weekend
What do two parents and a toddler do over a 4-day weekend in the city? Oh not much really...
Friday
Taking advantage of the quiet Friday morning we jumped on an N train bound for Coney Island. First stop was the beach which at the early hour of 9am was only scattered with a couple old leathery Italian men and a few beach combers with metal detectors. Logan relished the open space sprinting down the beach and bounding into the water.
After about an hour we were able to peel Logan off the beach and walked down the boardwalk to the New York Aquarium. We arrived just in time to watch the sharks eat their lunch. We had then planned to hit a few rides at the newly opened Luna Park but at only 11:30 Logan was quickly fading so it was back to the N train to get home in time for nap.
That's Nemo right there
Once she was rested and refueled we went to the new playground at Pier 6 in the Brooklyn Bridge Park. They have this amazing water area that puts all other NYC sprinkler parks to shame. As you can see, Logan hated it:
Saturday
Our favorite Saturday morning activity is to walk to the Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza. The event has become fairly routine for Logan but this Saturday we stumbled upon something new, a lone piano sitting right under the arches.
Later that morning we forced Logan to go shopping with us in SoHo so after her nap, we rewarded her by visiting her favorite Carousel in Prospect Park.
Sunday
Since Saturday was relatively quiet we packed Sunday full of activities. The highlight of the day was the free concert in Battery Park, headlined by Logan's favorite - Dan Zanes. We arrived at 1pm, right at nap time so we knew it could be touch and go but Logan was a trooper. She loved the opening band, a 13 piece Colombian band with dancers. The female dancers were wearing brightly colored Flamenco-type skirts and Logan did her best to imitate the way they swished their skirts around.
At 3pm Dan Zanes hit the stage and Logan continued to dance her booty off.
About 4 songs into his set, Logan conked out and that was all she wrote so we carried the little dirty hippie, dancing baby home on the subway.
Dirty dancing feet
One would think that Logan would have enjoyed a nice long nap after that but the minute we stepped off the subway she woke up. So we managed to string her along until it was time to go to The Barbarian Group's roof in TriBeCa to watch the fireworks. I thought this would be a meltdown waiting to happen but Logan powered through and stayed awake through the first 5 minutes of the show. Even though we could only see the slightest sparks from the fireworks, due to the buildings in our way, Logan oohed and awed and then asked to go home to bed, and so we obliged.
Monday
80 degrees at 7am and due to be 95 in a couple of hours. No better day to spend inside and so we headed into the Children's Museum of Manhattan so that Logan could run around without breaking a sweat.
After the morning's adventure, Logan made up for her missed nap yesterday and slept for 2 and a half hours. We spent the rest of the day in the one room in the apartment that has AC, building forts and reading books.
When's our next vacation?
Friday
Taking advantage of the quiet Friday morning we jumped on an N train bound for Coney Island. First stop was the beach which at the early hour of 9am was only scattered with a couple old leathery Italian men and a few beach combers with metal detectors. Logan relished the open space sprinting down the beach and bounding into the water.
After about an hour we were able to peel Logan off the beach and walked down the boardwalk to the New York Aquarium. We arrived just in time to watch the sharks eat their lunch. We had then planned to hit a few rides at the newly opened Luna Park but at only 11:30 Logan was quickly fading so it was back to the N train to get home in time for nap.
That's Nemo right there
Once she was rested and refueled we went to the new playground at Pier 6 in the Brooklyn Bridge Park. They have this amazing water area that puts all other NYC sprinkler parks to shame. As you can see, Logan hated it:
Saturday
Our favorite Saturday morning activity is to walk to the Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza. The event has become fairly routine for Logan but this Saturday we stumbled upon something new, a lone piano sitting right under the arches.
Later that morning we forced Logan to go shopping with us in SoHo so after her nap, we rewarded her by visiting her favorite Carousel in Prospect Park.
Sunday
Since Saturday was relatively quiet we packed Sunday full of activities. The highlight of the day was the free concert in Battery Park, headlined by Logan's favorite - Dan Zanes. We arrived at 1pm, right at nap time so we knew it could be touch and go but Logan was a trooper. She loved the opening band, a 13 piece Colombian band with dancers. The female dancers were wearing brightly colored Flamenco-type skirts and Logan did her best to imitate the way they swished their skirts around.
At 3pm Dan Zanes hit the stage and Logan continued to dance her booty off.
About 4 songs into his set, Logan conked out and that was all she wrote so we carried the little dirty hippie, dancing baby home on the subway.
Dirty dancing feet
One would think that Logan would have enjoyed a nice long nap after that but the minute we stepped off the subway she woke up. So we managed to string her along until it was time to go to The Barbarian Group's roof in TriBeCa to watch the fireworks. I thought this would be a meltdown waiting to happen but Logan powered through and stayed awake through the first 5 minutes of the show. Even though we could only see the slightest sparks from the fireworks, due to the buildings in our way, Logan oohed and awed and then asked to go home to bed, and so we obliged.
Monday
80 degrees at 7am and due to be 95 in a couple of hours. No better day to spend inside and so we headed into the Children's Museum of Manhattan so that Logan could run around without breaking a sweat.
After the morning's adventure, Logan made up for her missed nap yesterday and slept for 2 and a half hours. We spent the rest of the day in the one room in the apartment that has AC, building forts and reading books.
When's our next vacation?
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