First Day of School

Today was Madeline and Eva's first day of school. It was met with a lot of excitement. Madeline was stoked to find out that she got to have "Hot Lunch" on her first day (and mom was excited to find out that hot lunches were free the first month of school). Eva had her first day of afternoon Pre-K, but accompanied Madeline to Kindergarten in the morning. The school day is from 8:30 a.m to 2:50 pm. The girls only had good things to report about their experiences so we will take that as a good sign. Marc was able to come home early from work (to cram for his exams) but was able to take a shot break so we could have the rare opportunity to have dinner with him, which we did on the roof deck to celebrate.

Fun at the Park

The girls have a new favorite park around her on Roosevelt Island. It is a bit of a walk to get to but well worth it. It has a little "rock climbing" area and lots of other fun equipment. Owen likes it because it is shaded by lots and lots of trees, so that means plenty of dried leaves to eat. One thing I like about NYC playgrounds is that most do not have woodchips, they have a rubberized ground which makes it easy to have Owen (whose favorite food group is "woodchips" followed by "dried leaves").

Visiting Bryant Park

On our way back from Dad's office this weekend we walked through Bryant Park and were amazed at how beautiful it is. It is a park right behind the famous New York Public library (the one with the big lions out front) named after the poet/author William Bryant. There were a few outdoor eateries and a really beautiful vine covered restaurant. The girls were really excited about the Carousel, which we have yet to ride but have made promises to do in the future:). One interesting item of note... fashion week this upcoming week and the famous white tents were all set up in Bryant Park ready to go.

Visiting Dad's Office

This weekend Marc took a short break from studying for the series 7 and we took the girls down to Marc's office- Morgan Stanley's new building on 5th Avenue. We had a good time eating pizza in the conference room and seeing where Marc spends the majority of the day at.