Tuesday, May 29 2007 in NYC

We started the day with a subway ride uptown. We just had to get on one subway this time but it was crowded. I had to stand up and hang onto a pole. Uncle Josh was close by. I read him some of the signs on the subway. One said No smoking, No littering, No music. People don't talk much on the subway.

We went to a big place with lots of American flags called Rockefeller Center. If Besty Ross were still making the flags she would have been real busy! Uncle Josh took me down to the place where they have an ice skating rink in the winter, but now it is an eating place. Then we walked on a red carpet into the building to go to the Top of the Rock. That means you are going to the top of the Rockefeller building. After we showed our tickets we went to the bathroom because Grama Jo says when you are traveling you should not pass up a bathroom! Then a nice lady took a picture of us that looked like we were sitting on a steel beam high up, like when they were building Rocefeller building. We watched a little movie about the Rockettes and then we got into the elevator. It played a movie while it went up FAST. We went to the 67th floor. Papa, Grama Jo, and I went up some escalators and went outside. Uncle Josh just waited for us inside.

We could see all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. There are rivers all around NYC. We saw lots of bridges and Lady Liberty. We could see Central Park but it just mostly looked like trees. All the people and cars looked real tiny from up there. Papa and Grama Jo took lots of pictures and then we went back and found Josh and went back down the fast elevator. I liked it all.

After that we walked down the street to go to FAO Swartz, the biggest toy store in the world. On the way we stopped at the NBA store. It was all about basketball. Uncle Josh and I got to shoot some baskets. There was a basketball on the door and on the wall and a bb hoop and ball over the door outside!

We kept walking and found the toy store. There was a man dressed like a toy soldier outside. He saluted me and said hi. There was lots of stuff to see inside. We went upstairs and saw giant piano keys on the floor. you could walk on them and make music. Grama Jo and I took our shoes off and walked on them That was fun. I ran up and down the keys. Then we started looked for something to buy for Beck and Sujina. I found an excavator that I wanted and then a backhoe for Beck. I think he will really like it. We got Sujina some bathtub toys. The store is going to mail all the boxes to my house in Fayetteville. i hope they will be there when we get home. Grama Jo said that was too much stuff to carry around and take on the plane. Then we found a place to eat lunch in the store. Papa was already there drinking lemonade and then we all ordered lunch. I had bd and honey that Papa had made for me at Molly's house. I had a big glass of chocolate milk and almost spilled it on Papa by accident. He said it was ok.

After that we walked over to my favorite place, Central Park! There is lots of stuff to do there. We climbed on the rocks again and then we found the carosule. Papa, Grama Jo and I rode together. My horse was called the Black Stallion. I liked the ride so much that I got Uncle Josh to go with me again. By then I needed a snow cone, but the man was out so I got a push-up. It was yummy. I shared it with papa and Uncle Josh. Grama Jo was trying to take a picture of me eating it and she slipped of of the picnic bench and fell on the ground!! I think it scared Uncle Josh and Papa but she was ok and just laughed about it. Then she and i bought a plastic blow-up hammer. It was fun to chase the pigeons with it. Uncle Josh told me to not chase pigeons when people are close by because the pigeons fly up into their face!

We decided to get a taxi and go back to Molly's house and rest. I really did not need to rest, but Papa and Grama Jo wanted to. i just played with Bentley the cat. I told him that he had been to the Top of the Rock and tomorrow I think we will go to the Empire State Building.

We took another taxi to go eat supper. Uncle Josh and Papa hold me in the seat like a seatbelt. The taxi's go fast. Our driver honked at another car and I said, "Well, that was not very nice!" He just looked at me! I had some really good pizza for supper and ate almost all of a 12 inch pizza.

We went back to the little park close to Molly's and played a little. I got Josh to swing me on the tire swing. he makes me go round and round like I can't do at school. Then we walked home and showered. It was another big day.

We MIGHT go back and see the dinosaurs again tomorrw. We ARE going to see Lady Liberty and The Lion King. I missed Molly today. She had to work and then go to dinner with a friend. Tomorrow is her last day of work. I hope we get to see her before we go back to Arkansas.