Our big trip to New York!! Our birthday gift to Jamie was to go spend a day in New York. So, we drove to Stamford, CT (about 170 miles) and took the train in to the city (about 50 min). David was extremely excited about taking a train trip!!
We rode the train in to Grand Central Station. The kids got a kick out of Tim telling them that this is the train station in the movie Madagascar when the zebra goes awol. They recognized the clock over the information center from the movie.
Our first stop in New York was the Pokemon Center. Tim and I were a little nervous, because when we tried to call the phone number listed online to get hours, the number had been disconnected with no other information. 
We followed the internet directions to the site and found that it had changed from the Pokemon Center to the Nintendo Store. There were still lots of Pokemon items, but there was also a large showroom full of Wiis that people could try. The kids enjoyed the visit.
We followed the internet directions to the site and found that it had changed from the Pokemon Center to the Nintendo Store. There were still lots of Pokemon items, but there was also a large showroom full of Wiis that people could try. The kids enjoyed the visit.
From there, we walked up Time's Square to Mars 2112, a themed resturant we visited on our last trip to New York (Oct. 2004). The resturant has a space theme. You go in and the first thing you do is take a spaceship ride to Mars. 
The ride is very similar to the Mars ride at the Space Center in Huntsville. The whole compartment moves, shakes, and tilts while you watch a view screen showing where you're going. The dining room is in a large crater on the Mars surface. Our waiter was a student of musical theater who was from Georgia. He was very personable. He even invited Rachel to come up and dance 
with the rest of the wait staff and space characters.
The ride is very similar to the Mars ride at the Space Center in Huntsville. The whole compartment moves, shakes, and tilts while you watch a view screen showing where you're going. The dining room is in a large crater on the Mars surface. Our waiter was a student of musical theater who was from Georgia. He was very personable. He even invited Rachel to come up and dance 
with the rest of the wait staff and space characters. Circulating through the resturant were 3 characters QT PI, Captain Orion, and The Empress. The food was ok, but the kids loved the atmosphere!!
After a fun-filled dinner, we departed Mars and returned to Earth via teleporter. Then we went back out to Times Square and went in search of dessert. Fortunately, there was an M&M store that just fit the bill. It was really big!! David got excited when he saw the M&Ms outside - a boy after my own heart!!! Inside the store was filled will all sorts of M&M stuff. They also had an M&M wall where you could fill a bag with plain or peanut M&Ms in many different colors. David, of course, chose green M&Ms. 
The newest M&M product in the store was a Statue of Liberty M&M dispenser. When you pull down the torch, M&Ms come out the pedestal. David fell in love with it!! So, we bought one. I am hoping to use it to help potty training. When he goes in the potty, he'll get to pull the torch and get some M&Ms. Maybe it will be incentive enough to get this baby going!!
The newest M&M product in the store was a Statue of Liberty M&M dispenser. When you pull down the torch, M&Ms come out the pedestal. David fell in love with it!! So, we bought one. I am hoping to use it to help potty training. When he goes in the potty, he'll get to pull the torch and get some M&Ms. Maybe it will be incentive enough to get this baby going!! Of course, Mommy had to get a t-shirt and some M&Ms too!!
From there we headed out for the largest toy store on earth - Toys R Us. 
The store is three stories high. It has huge Bionicle, Barbie, Thomas, and Pokemon sections to name our kids' favorites. The store also has a large ferris wheel inside it. We bought our tickets and shopped while waiting for our time to ride. David, Jamie, and I rode in the Little Tikes red car-shaped car and Tim and Rachel rode in the Cabbage Patch car. David was really hoping to ride in the Toy Story car, 
but you're not allowed to wait on a specific car. He was pleased, that the Toy Story car was next to ours. So, we could see Buzz and a LGM each time we came over the top. After the toy-buying orgie was over, we made one more stop. Jamie wanted to go to the Hershey's store to find some white chocolate. He really likes the cookies and cream white chocolate bars and nuggets Hershey's used to make. Unfortunately, used is the operative word. There was every kind of Hershey's product imaginable in the store, but no white chocolate. We asked an employee, and he told us that they didn't make it any more. Jamie was very disappointed that he had to settle for a huge bar of regular Hershey's chocolate.
The store is three stories high. It has huge Bionicle, Barbie, Thomas, and Pokemon sections to name our kids' favorites. The store also has a large ferris wheel inside it. We bought our tickets and shopped while waiting for our time to ride. David, Jamie, and I rode in the Little Tikes red car-shaped car and Tim and Rachel rode in the Cabbage Patch car. David was really hoping to ride in the Toy Story car, 
but you're not allowed to wait on a specific car. He was pleased, that the Toy Story car was next to ours. So, we could see Buzz and a LGM each time we came over the top. After the toy-buying orgie was over, we made one more stop. Jamie wanted to go to the Hershey's store to find some white chocolate. He really likes the cookies and cream white chocolate bars and nuggets Hershey's used to make. Unfortunately, used is the operative word. There was every kind of Hershey's product imaginable in the store, but no white chocolate. We asked an employee, and he told us that they didn't make it any more. Jamie was very disappointed that he had to settle for a huge bar of regular Hershey's chocolate. 
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Happy Birthday Sonja! Well, technically it is already the 4th, but what can I say? I'm up late. Been thinkin about you today! Love you!
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