What an adventurous day! We decided to take the girls to NYC to see the tree in Rockefeller Center. After breakfast and a bath, we headed to the train station. The girls were good on the trip there. Abby spent most of her time watching the "beautiful" scenery. Her words, not mine. The train doesn't run through the nicest areas. When we got to NYC, it was a beautiful day. The weather was perfect for walking around. We took the girls to get some lunch and then walked around. We stopped in the Hershey store and got the girls some candy. There were so many people out and about. There were lines to get into many of the stores and the streets were difficult to navigate with two strollers! The store windows were decorated for the holidays and it was so neat to see them. Some were absolutely gorgeous!  We made it to the tree and it was a mob scene. But, we got to see the tree! I can check that one off my bucket list! Mckenzie had fallen asleep but she woke up just before we were leaving the area so she got to see it too. Abby was upset we couldn't get closer. Scott and I were wishing we had been smarter and chosen a better day to go! We walked down to FAO Schwartz and there was a huge line to get into the store, but luckily, we got right in since we had strollers. There were so many toys. Abby loved the Barbie stuff and Mckenzie just looked around at everything. We stopped for dinner at the Brooklyn Diner. Nice place, but way overpriced! The kids' meals must have been $15 a piece! We made our way back to the train station. Mckenzie was getting tired and grumpy. She wanted to walk instead of riding in her stroller. Then she wanted to be carried. Abby was great and didn't complain at all. She is really growing up! We made it onto the train just in time and found our seats. Both girls were restless on the train, but it was understandable since it was past bedtime. Our train stopped on the tracks and we were told we were delayed for just a little bit. The girls were playing around, moving from seat to seat and Mckenzie fell off the seat and cut her lip. Poor baby! Then the train conductor announced that our train was now out of service because of a police investigation on the tracks ahead of us. Turns out the train in front of us hit a trespasser on the tracks. Craziness. So, here is was after 10:30pm and we had no idea how the the trains would be delayed or if they were even going to run again that night. There was no employee from the NJ Transit available and the phone line was automated with no answer. The girls were really good once we got inside the train station. Abby played her leapster and Mckenzie buttoned and unbuttoned her sweater over and over. We finally took a taxi to our car. It was a long, scary ride with a dude that looked like he was about to fall asleep at any moment. I kept coughing and making noises to help keep the driver awake. Abby fell asleep in the taxi as soon as I told her it was okay to suck her thumb this one time and Mckenzie fell asleep about half way to our car. But, we made it safely and that is what matters. A quick drive home and we pulled into our driveway just after one am! Poor Dakota had been in her kennel for a long time and couldn't wait to get outside. All in all, it was a nice experience. I am so glad we all got to see the tree in Rockefeller Center. I would go back to see it again, but never again on a Saturday night and I would never go back just to see the tree again. It was pretty, but it looks so much more impressive on tv than in real life to me! And, if the next time we are returning from NYC the train in front of us hits a person again, I think we will have to find another way to get there. This is the second trip to NYC on the NJ Transit and this is the second time the train in front of us has hit a person on the tracks.



So the tree is behind us, but we couldn't get a good pic of us and the tree!



Working so hard on those buttons in the train station!