New York City

 My good friend Melani and I held our second annual homeschool convention in New York City this year. Our wonderful husbands graciously took over all home duties, which is no small thing. While in New York, we didn't eat much because there just wasn't time. During our 4 days there, we saw Times Square, the observation deck of the Empire State Building, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of Natural History (Night at the Museum!), the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Ground Zero, Trinity Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Central Park (twice), Rockefeller Center, the Cloisters, the NY Public Library, a New York Philharmonic concert at the Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim, Little Italy, Chinatown, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Thanks to Melani's incomparable navigating skills, we became pros at using the subway and bus systems.

Here are my Chinatown dumplings posing in front of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Alexander Hamilton is buried here at Trinity Church.

The view from our nosebleed seats at the Lincoln Center.

I took this picture for Rebecca and Eva who are currently very in to fashion design. Those weird chandelier-type things at the top of the window display are made out of balloons.

Feeling off-balance at the Guggenheim. That Frank Lloyd Wright sure was creative.

One of my favorites! Three Musicians.

Melani on the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.