On Wednesday, we made a family trip to NYC. We planned on going to the American Museum of Natural History, so the night before we watched the movie Night At the Museum. Hayzel has been talking about going to New York City for a few months and was beyond excited to go.
Here he is getting ready:
It’s about a 3.5-4 hour drive to the city, and Hayzel made the best of it.
He enjoyed some breakfast:
Played on his DS:
And chose from a variety of audiobooks to listen to:
Once in the city we made a stop at Yankee Stadium to return some shirts at the fan store, we had lunch at one of my favorite Dominican restaurants La Caridad in Manhattan; and finally we visited our cousins Lee, Joan and Lexi.
We parked our car somewhere in Washington Heights and took the train down to the museum. This was Hayzel’s first time on the subway and he LOVED it.
It was great to experience a first time train ride through his eyes.
Hayzel led the way into the museum.
I tend to forget that the attention of a 5 year old boy is about 5 seconds long, and maybe a trip to such a large museum was not a good idea. I got plenty of pictures of the exhibits, but rarely got one of Hayzel looking at them. We toured the entire museum in less than 90 minutes. Unfortunately the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, where most of the movie was filmed was closed for renovation. Still, there was plenty to see.
I see myself returning to the museum sans kid, so that I can thoroughly enjoy it. When I was thinking of things to do one this trip, it was a toss up between this museum and the science one. In hindsight, the science hall would’ve been a better pick for Hayzel. Nevertheless, it was an experience.
After the museum,we went across the street to a little children’s playground in Central Park.
Shortly after we got there, he made some friends and spend an enjoyable 30 minutes playing around.
Overall it was a great trip. Hayzel handled the amount of walking we did very well, never once asking for a break or to be carried. I’m looking forward to more trips to the city.
New York Hall of Science, see you soon!
