July 8, 2012

We've had a good weekend. Yesterday, we took the water taxi to Ikea which was awesome! Ikea was awesome. The water taxi was awesome. It was great. I tell you that store is an experience, even George was fascinated. The water taxi was so great because one it was FREE and two it was a great way to get some good views of the island, the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn among other things. Definitely ranked as one of our best family outings here in NYC.
Today we decided to take Clayton to the Manhattan Children's museum. We had a nice long walk through the park to get to the museum on the west side. The museum itself was so-so. It had an Explorium feel to it, but not as clean. We wont go back, but it was a nice outing. We did bump in to a fellow we loved from Clayton's time in the PICU at New York Presbyterian; that was nice. Afterwards, we walked back through the park to the Central Park Zoo for lunch- thankfully Clayton fell asleep so we were able to sit down and eat...a rare treat. Then we got back to the RMH were the front desk surprised me with cupcakes the ladies from work had delivered to me! And to cap the day off, Clayton's Uncle Mickey and Aunt Shania (George's brother and his wife) that live in Brooklyn came by to visit and watch Clayton while George and I grabbed dinner at my favorite restaurant! They brought me flowers, a little cake, and sang me happy birthday. It was a good day!