all hoity-toity like

"let's. go."
that's where this half-baked plan began- showing "newsies" to my kids with sarah.. sarah looking up the new broadway show on line to discover that it was playing IN NEW YORK.  ON HER BIRTHDAY.

so.  we go.

one time when beth was worried :
(5am, first morning, dad's)
beth- "sarah!  are you so excited!?"
sarah- "i am not talking to you right now."

we talked to people from all over the world:
haiti- our first cabbie.  he wanted to go back to visit.  he had one daughter in california
brazil- guy on our flight over.  very funny and he had a 1yr old son
china- girl by us on the plane, showed us pictures of a very cute nephew
scotland- at our hotel - in town for his brothers wedding, was terrified about giving a speech

low points for beth
leaving sad, sick kids at home
smelly crowds of loud people
sarah not being hungry
no piles of wonderful food waiting for me on every street corner


low points for sarah:
no internet for travel days- and her shuffle died first day.
painful feet from not so good shoes

high point for beth
first bite of lamb gyro.  oh my.
watching sarah watch newsies
the dancing in the play

high point for sarah
the play!!



most of the time, beth's head would be in the clouds and sarah's head would be in the map.  beth would just start walking, driving sarah crazy.

other trip statistics
# of miles walked - 8+
# of advil beth took - 6
# of times from subway to church and back that we were asked to buy a purse or watch - 17
# of things that leaked in our hotel - 2
# of hours solid sleep  the first night - 9 1/2

miracles
1.ordered oatmeal, told they were out. ok...i'll just have pancakes..(sigh)   surprise!  got the last one.
2.lost camera in big clothing store, ran back to look for it and found it in between stacks of shirts.  (phew!)
3.walking right past the LOOOONG line and right up to the front, cuz sarah is a GENIUS (that's the word the guard used), and ordered our tickets online.