When Mya and I did join in on the excursions around the city, we bundled her up in her pink fuzzy bear suit and onto my chest in her sling. I still received scoldings from every old lady I passed on the street for bringing a baby out in the cold, even though I assured them that she was sweating in there!
As you may know, Manhattan was hit with a blizzard the week after Christmas! We hear this was quite the hassle for those trying to get in and out of the city, but for us who were snug in our apartment, it was fantastic! The snow piled up on our windowsills and made us feel like we were buried in it:). Because we walk to everything we need in our neighborhood, we were still able to get to everything essential for being snowed in (like coffee, soup, and cider) with little difficulty - trekking over snowbanks made by the faithful snowplows, and watching taxis trying to brave the streets. The snow really was like a blanket that quieted the city for a few days. Logan took the boys to the corner opposite ours to play in the snow - making huge snowballs and marveling at how fun it is to sink your shoes into the powdery goodness and breathe "dragon breath" at each other. No one contacted our super to request that the sidewalk in front of our building be cleared, so we played there too and it felt like we had a mini front yard :).
We also enjoyed a visit from the McClungs for our first New Years in the city!!! It didn't seem right to spend New Years Eve apart after so many years of spending it together, so Cassie surprised Mike with a trip to NY for Christmas. It was easily some of the best times we’ve had since being here! We all squeezed into our apartment for a few days and relaxed together, as the kids played around and got increasingly noisy until we took them all to Central Park for a snowball fight.
No, we did not got to Times Square to watch the ball drop, but we could hear the fireworks that were set off there at midnight out the window of our apartment, while watching them on the TV :). We did, however, watch the documentary "King of Kong" (which was RIVETING to say the least), and ate chocolate fondue -warm and cozy to ring in the new year!
