Mr. Bichler: Still No Chick-"Let's talk ballet & NYC

When I arrived home late Thursday I did check on the egg. It was still there and it is still an egg. The trail cam showed that the parents are still with the egg so we will give it another week. Any way, I thought I would switch gears and show some of our great pics from my trip to Delaware and New York City. It was hot but we had a great time!

Friday- Lily had her dress rehearsal so Peg and I took Luke to see Guardians of the Galaxy. Good but I liked the first movie better.
Saturday- Peg and I took both kids and had lunch and tried to find a joystick for an I-Pad that Luke saw online. No luck so we went to Byler's for an ice cream cone. Lily had to be ready for her recital at 6.

Lily with her ballet teacher, Ms. Trisha

Showing a little attitude with friend, Caroline

Caroline, Lily & Addie

Addie photo bombs our selfie!

Sunday- We left for NYC at 10 am and arrived at our hotel, The Crowne Plaza at Time Square at 12:30. It was too early to check in to our rooms so we had the car parked, stashed our luggage and headed out to find a place to eat. We ended up at John's Pizzeria and had an authentic NYC "Pie"!

Great Pie!!

Lily's birthday present from me were tickets to the Broadway show, School of Rock. It was fantastic, although pretty loud, and we were so very impressed at all the young actors who also played all their own instruments during the show. It rocked!!

BGB's Best Grandma Buddies!

Getting ready to Rock & Roll

Monday- we boarded the Big Bus and headed downtown Manhattan to see the One World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial and the Statue of Liberty. It was a great day! 92 degrees but still a great day.

Chad found a review that said this was the best donut place in NYC. Not so, but we ate them anyway.

Back on the Big Bus, we have ear buds to listen to the guide on the bus giving us information as we travel. Lily changed her channel to music.

The One World Trace Center

Peg wasn't so sure about going to the top but later said she was glad she went.

The 360 degree views are fantastic

I'm so glad Luke & Lily still humor me when I want to take a picture.

After leaving the One World Observatory we stopped by the 9/11 Memorial and we saw the Survivor Tree. We also had time to eat lunch before we caught the ferry over to the Statue of Liberty.

9/11 Memorial

The Survivor Tree

Lunch at O'Harra's

Mirror photo

Trinity Church not far from where the Twin Towers were. I believe this was a staging area for first responders.

"Fearless Girl" on Wall Street

Being "Bullish" with "Charging Bull". There was a line for photos at both ends.

Next stop is the Statue of Liberty. We have tickets to go inside the Pedestal. No crown tickets were available until end of August.

On the ferry, Miss Ellis

One of my favorite selfies. It is also why we were late for the ferry to leave the island. But we were having so much fun!!

Luke took this and told me that Lady Liberty had a booger on her nose!

Tuesday- In the morning we went to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. The kids wanted their picture taken next to every figure until Trish reminded us that we only had an hour and a half before we had to be uptown for our appointment at the American Museum of Natural History. The highlight of Madame Tussaud's was the Ghost Buster's virtual reality exhibit. It was awesome!!