Burnt Rabbit Fur and St. Patrick’s Cathedral ~ Adventure Days Part 4

As I told you before…
We had an amazing time in New York City for our Adventure Days!

I’ve got some more pictures to share: 😉

Jackson with is giant FAO Schwarz bag outside of the Apple Store!

Riding the escalator at Trump Plaza! Jackson loves escalators!

What to eat? What to eat? So many yummy choices at Trump!

Jackson’s favorite was the carrot cake of course! LOL!

Yum!

Looking for fish in the Trump fountain! “No fish Gamma!”

The top of the Trump Plaza Christmas Tree! (2nd Floor)

More beautiful New York City decorations!

We saw Waverly Place!!! I was so excited! Wizards of Waverly Place is one of my Favs!!!

Jackson thought this was the best artwork at the New Museum! Watch the dogs carefully! It wasn’t easy getting the video at night, but it is really cool! I wonder how many people actually notice these beautiful dogs!

If you know the story of Eloise at the Plaza by Kay Thompson (I used to teach Pre-K remember) then you definitely want to visit The Plaza Hotel! It was filled with Eloise things and even an entire Eloise store! Loved it! The pic of the Eloise books will take you to the Barnes and Noble site if you would like to check out more about Eloise.

Jackson and the Eloise at the Plaza sign!

I saved the best for last! One of my absolute favorite things from our Adventure Days in New York City was visiting The Plaza Hotel and seeing….SANTA!!!

Santa wasn’t too busy, so he actually called Jackson over to him so they could talk! I loved it and Jackson was just thrilled! He felt so special to have Santa say he wanted to talk with him personally! Wow! Then Santa put us right in front of a group of 5 older girls so he could get his picture with Jackson 1st…the girls thought it was adorable and were very understanding! It’s so nice to be in a world with such wonderful people!

Santa!!!!

I think someone was a little pooped after 2 wonderful days in New York City!

He was so excited to tell everyone about his Adventure Days in New York City! He told lots of people about Santa and also his Burnt Rabbit Fur story too! (Don’t know the story? Check it out here!) That may be one he remembers for the rest of his life! LOL!

If you’re planning on visiting New York City this Christmas…then definitely check out our posts about Our Adventure Days in New York City!

Burnt Rabbit Fur and St. Patrick’s Cathedral – Adventure Days

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I love having these Adventure Days with Jackson! I am so thankful to have the ability to work from home so that I can do these things with my son!

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So many pictures to share! 😉

We had such a wonderful time in New York City and Mom is quite the photographer! LOL!

She just keeps snapping away! I’m thankful for all of the pictures to share with you!

Christmas in New York City is just beautiful! Jackson was sooo excited and loved every minute of it!

We made it to FAO Schwarz! Jackson and I were both excited! 😉

Someone offered to take a picture of all of us! Yay! Mom, Jackson, the FAO Schwarz soldiers and Me too!

These guys were the best! Such happy guys to be standing outside the most popular toy store in NYC to take pictures with practically everyone that walks through those doors! They were such a delight! So glad Mom could be in the picture with us too! Thank you random stranger! 😉

We spent hours in FAO Schwarz! How could you not?!?!

Jackson “Traveling the World” with Paul Frank!

Jackson chilling out with the golden bear. 🙂

The videographer (hee hee Mom) got a little spinny with the camera…Sorry but cute! I really have to find Big so I can show Jackson the movie! He will be amazed to see Zoltar and what happened when someone wished to be big! Wait til he sees the big piano that he got to play on too! We’re off to the library to borrow that movie soon! Big Piano pictures and video coming up…

But…
First we stopped in the FAO Schweetz section of the store! Loved it!!!! We actually got chocolate covered gummy bears and had fun picking and choosing schweetz to take home with us! 😉

Jackson kept wanting Gamma to take the picture when I wasn’t looking…so he could pose! LOL!

Jackson and the very heavy real Gummy Bear! No, we did not get one of these…it would’ve lasted forever!

He’s such a HAM! Posing by the clock! Listening to the FAO song!

Big Piano time!

I think he was a little nervous at first…but quickly realized how much fun he could have on there! He went back for a couple more turns! 😉

Phew…I’m a little pooped! But that was fun!

Lego Area!

We were now entering Lego Land in FAO Schwarz!

Cool Characters…Jackson loves Star Wars!

One of the Soldiers!

Of Course Batman!

The beautiful Statue of Liberty!

Special Kudos to all those that spend numerous hours putting together these amazing Lego sculptures! That is probably fun! Could you imagine missing pieces?!

And did we leave the best Toy Store in NYC with a nice big bag?

Of course we did! LOL! More pictures to come…

I need to get to bed! It’s too much fun blogging! I love it!

If you’re planning on visiting New York City this Christmas…then definitely check out our posts about Our Adventure Days in New York City!

Burnt Rabbit Fur and St. Patrick’s Cathedral – Adventure Days

Burnt Rabbit Fur and St. Patrick’s Cathedral ~ Adventure Days Part 2

I love having these Adventure Days with Jackson!

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Yay! It took a few days, but I was finally able to upload more of the Spontaneous New York Trip pictures! Check them out!

This was a completely Spontaneous Adventure Day:

We talked about it and…
decided Wednesday night…
to drive into New York City on Thursday and Friday! 😉

As you know from our last post:

Burnt Rabbit Fur and St. Patrick’s Cathedral – Adventure Days

We had a pretty eventful day! Just a little scary with the mini fire though! But that didn’t stop us! We headed back into New York for another Adventure Day! We did not go back to St. Patrick’s Cathedral with Jackson’s Rabbit Fur Hat though! LOL!

This is the video of Jackson after school on Wednesday….
If you have a Kindergartner, you know how tired they can be afterschool…
but we did get a little excitement out of him after mentioning New York City and FAO Schwartz! LOL!

Store in NYC decorated like a present for Christmas! Jackson loved seeing all of the different store fronts!

Our first view of the Rockefeller Center Tree! ❤

Jackson and I in Times Square! He loved all the huge TV Screens! 😉

Mickey, Minnie and I in Times Square! (They will ask for donations after they come to you for a picture!)

Jackson wanted his picture with Mario in Times Square of course! LOL!

In Toys R Us ~ Wonka Land! Loved it!!!! ❤

Holding our tickets for the Ferris Wheel inside Toys R Us!

Oooh We’re next!!! Which car will we get?

Yes, Toy Story! Our turn 😉

Mom taking a picture of Jackson and I from the 2nd floor in Toys R Us!

My baby and I! I love Adventure Days!

Whoa! Jackson wasn’t quite sure if this Dinosaur was real or not! Very cool!

Outside of Toys R Us….These characters all jumped at us for a picture and then asked for money!

Outside the Disney Store in Times Square with our I ❤ NY bag! Mickey’s head was the heart! 😉

Jackson and his 2012 Christmas Mickey!

Jackson was amazed by the gigantic Christmas Ornaments! ❤

Right next to the Rockefeller Christmas Tree! Lights are on now! Yay!

Showing Jackson Rockefeller’s Ice Skating Rink! Couldn’t go this time, but definitely next time! The lines were enormous! I finally got my coffee too! Woohoo!

Love this shot! Not sure what I’m telling Jackson but great picture! LOL!

Gamma and her little boy at Rockefeller Center! It’s so hard to get a straight on shot with so many people taking the same picture LOL! Love the Angels and Tree! Beautiful!

My baby and I at St. Patrick’s Cathedral after the mini fire incident! ❤

Don’t know about the mini fire incident….Check it out here:

http://blog.lifedesigning1.com/2012/12/burnt-rabbit-fur-and-st-patricks.html

Burnt Rabbit Fur and St. Patrick’s Cathedral – Adventure Days

We just got back from spending 2 spontaneous days in New York City!

We talked about it and…
decided Wednesday night…
to drive into New York City on Thursday and Friday! 😉

Mom, Jackson and myself did some of the following on Day 1…

(These are only a few of the pictures we took on Day 1…
I will post more as soon as they get uploaded to the computer from Mom and my phones LOL 😉 )

• Shopping in Times Square…
• Enjoying Rockefeller Center…
• Riding a ferris wheel in the middle of Toys R Us…
• Spending precious time in the gorgeous St. Patrick’s Cathedral!

(Which might smell a little like burnt rabbit fur now…lol)

Riding the indoor Ferris Wheel in the middle of Toys R Us!

Jackson and I in the Toy Story car of the Toys R Us Ferris Wheel! We were pretty lucky…almost got a Barbie car LOL!

Take notice to the HAT!

This is Jackson’s favorite HAT! Lined with Rabbit Fur!

Notice “No HAT” and candles in the background! 

Yes, Jackson and I are standing in front of the Nativity Scene at St. Patrick’s Cathedral with my heart pounding at this point…

Because….

This would be right after Mommy whipped that hat off of Jackson’s head…he leaned to get a stick to light a candle and caught his left ear flap on FIRE just a little…

It was a tiny, yet very scary FIRE on my child’s Rabbit Fur Hat that was still on his HEAD!!!

He leaned…
It caught FIRE…
And my hand closed that quickly around it!!!!

He was completely fine and didn’t even realize what had happened until I had my hand by his head…

We took off the hat for a while after that…

The scent of burnt rabbit fur filled the air for some time in New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral…
My hand smelled of burnt rabbit fur as well…
Jackson smelled it full force from my hand and the edges of his burnt rabbit fur left ear flap of his hat….LOL

Oh the events that can occur while enjoying our Adventure Days together!!!

Stay Tuned for more pictures of our Spontaneous Adventures in New York City!