NYC

A few weekends ago we got the amazingly unexpected opportunity to go to New York City with some friends from Vermont. Their daughter dances in the American Ballet Theater and got tickets for all of us to go see her dance in, "The Merry Widow." They were box seats too which was an extra fun surprise! We went to central park where Enoch found a water fountain to play in. He went shorts-less the rest of the day because they were soaked through,
as you can see in the family picture at the fountain. We went to F.A.O. Schwartz where we finally found some little construction trucks for Enoch.

He also tried to play on the "Big," piano, you know the movie "Big?" That day was the 4th of July and we got to watch the Macy's firework show from Roosevelt island. We got to take a tram over the East river! Although it sprinkled through most of it, we had a great time, and Enoch slept on the subway the whole way home.


The next day we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which didn't last long with Enoch...apparently walls of old pictures are not entertaining for a one-and-a-half year old. I caught a blurring pic of him standing in front of a Jackson Pollock painting though. That was after his tantrum in the VanGough room.
Before we left we took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty and to Ellis Island, two very moving memorials. A person feels connected at Ellis Island, connected to their past because their ancestry most likely walked those halls. At times it felt almost reverent.

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and so did our trip.

It was followed with more house renovations and a fun little discovery of blackberries in our backyard. Enoch B-lines for the bushes now whenever we go outside.

I thought that called for a real berry picking outing, so we went to a farm and picked strawberries. Mmm-mmm-mmm JAM!
It's rained pretty consistently the last couple months. One day we walked in the backyard where Enoch learned about the joys of puddles.

Things are going well in the east. We love you all!