On Sunday, Roger, Cleo, Sidney and I met my mom at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square at 11:15am. We had to take a shuttle bus from Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue because the F Train is not running at certain stops in Brooklyn. Cleo and Sidney enjoyed it. The bus was packed; Sidney and Cleo sat on my lap; a nice man gave up his seat (in NYC who knew?). We caught the R Train from Downtown Brooklyn.
The kids department at Barnes & Noble has increased to a whole floor at Barnes & Noble. Cleo showed my mom and Roger all sorts of educational electronic toys and Sidney played at the Thomas the Train and Friends train table. Sidney was in heaven. He waited out the older 2-3 year-olds until he could collect the train cars he wanted - his eyes were on the freight cars so he used Skarloey (he's red) as the tank engine and took the tank cars from the other trains. There were a set of triplets who were young 2 year-olds, they looked so small compared to Sidney. The parents spoke Spanish, German and English to the kids - I am not sure if they lived in NYC. The dad was chatty and couldn't believe I knew the names of all the trains. Am I impressive or what?
After playing for 1.5 hours at Barnes & Noble, we headed to McDonald's for lunch. The one facing Union Square Park is so pretty and modern looking. The kids ate their Happy Meals. Then, we said our good-byes and headed to the train. Sidney keeps asking for Noma (what the kids call my mom). They really enjoyed seeing her. My mom crocheted these beautiful hats for the kids. Sidney put his on when we got home and would not take it off until he went to sleep. I will post pictures later. It was warm yesterday, in the 60s, so he didn't need to wear it when we were out and about.
We made the trek home and later walked along Church Avenue looking for a hat for Roger, we were not successful. Then, home to my dad's for a nap. We haven't been using a stroller for either kid but today when we go to Manhattan, we are going to bring one for Sidney. He likes to walk when we are out adventuring, but the distance from my dad's apt. to the train is a little far for him.
We had guests come at 6pm: Rhudi, Shelly, Fran, Matthew, Jack and Lily - who is 2 like Sidney. Rhudi and Shelly brought a pear torte and a pumpkin pie and whipped cream. Fran brought adult beverages. We had a great visit. My dad made tostadas and we ordered pizza. The kids played really nice together. Jack is 8 and Matthew is 7. They are such wonderful boys. Lily is so incredibly cute and her face is a perfect mix of Fran's and Cliff's. Everyone stayed until around 9pm.
This morning we are lazing about a bit then will maybe have breakfast with Roger's friend Ook and Aalea (his new wife). The one certain outing is heading to Manhattan to investigate the Lulu Cake Boutique. They make cake, cupcakes, snoballs and twinkies (a.k.a. "retro desserts"). We saw the bakery featured on one of the cooking channels on tv.
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