What do you do on a beautiful, sunny, warm Spring day in New York? You play! That is just what we did on our last day of a wonderful vacation. We hit Central Park and joined the locals climbing, sliding and swinging. Clara perfected the big girl swing and can now propel herself back and forth with a very proud and concentrated look on her face. I love the pictures we took with the city in the background, I believe Marc instructed both kids to say "King Kong" while getting their pictures taken. By the way, only Clara complied.

One, two three, GO!

Higher and higher

When we started getting hungry for lunch we headed to the Upper West Side to get a bite. Because the temperature was a balmy 22C we opted to sit on a terrasse. We were not the only ones with that idea, the service extremely slow but we had so much to look at and talk about that waiting for our burritos at Harry's was no biggie.

Waiting with a smile on her face

After lunch we walked through Central Park and went looking for the Alice in Wonderland statue. We found it alright, covered by monkey children who had just been let out of school! We spent quite a bit of time watching Clara climb all the "paths" of the statue. Simple pleasures :)

Clara being spotted by Papa

Leo on the Mad Hatter

Once we were pretty well played out, Marc and I decided to swing by FAO Schwarz one last time to buy each of the kids a new toy/souvenir of their vacation. Clara got a Thomas the Tank Engine and Leo got a new wooden puzzle. They were both thrilled with their new loot and I think they do remember the trip through the toys already. It also gave them something new to play with on the train ride home.

Ah yes, the train ride home. Well, if you ask Clara about it she will just tell you in a jolly tone, "I puked on the train." She will not tell you about the 4 movies she watched, or the nap she took, or the time she spent playing with Leo on empty luggage shelves, or the hour and a half we spent at the border. All in all the ride home was fine. Though, without the lure of a vacation and the excitement of a new city to discover it did get long. Leo did much better though, he took a second nap which made all the difference in the world during those last hours. We also made the quickest getaway on record for a family of four. We were just about the first people off the train and since we knew where we were going we hopped in a taxi and found ourselves at our doorstep in no time. Home sweet home.

Oh, and when I asked Clara what her favorite part of the WHOLE trip was she said "playing in the closets with Leo!"