Bits of Our Weekend: New Parks, New Food, Build-A-Bear

This little guy was just chillin at the park.

We spent this weekend in the city. We didn't have much planned, the only thing scheduled was a vet appointment for Maddie Saturday morning. She needed her third distemper shot and first rabies. I didn't realize puppies need SO MANY vaccinations. She needs to go back in 3-4 weeks for her last distemper and rabies, and the vet also suggested the lyme vaccination, which is a series of 2 shots, since we plan to take her with us to the Poconos occasionally. I guess it's better to do all of this now though, rather than have a huge vet bill if she gets sick.

After the vet, we headed over the Madison Square Park. One of the things I wanted to do this summer was check out some new places. The park was cute, it had a couple jungle gym/climbing structures with slides, the tunnel, etc., as well as sprinklers and swings.

We took a break for lunch and went to Hill Country Chicken, just a block away. It wasn't anything amazing, but it wasn't bad, and it had been on my To Try list. The basement has seating as well as the Foosball table. Audrey didn't quite grasp the concept, but she tried. :) After lunch, we went back to the park for a while, and on the way home checked out another new place for gelato: Amorino.

Amorino's Flower Shaped Cones

 

Audrey was supposed to spend Sunday with her father, but he texted me Saturday evening to cancel, so we hung out instead. I had planned on going to H&M to get her some fall/winter things, so I just brought her along with me. She had fun because she got to pick her own stuff, which resulted in me spending a little more money than I would have had I gone alone but, that's ok. She was excited about her new stuff. Afterwards, we went to Build a Bear. We had been in a Build a Bear before, but she was younger and not very into it. This time, she was excited. She picked a pink Minnie Mouse bear, helped the girl at the stuffing station stuff the bear, and then picked out clothes for her bear and made a "birth certificate." The bear's name is Ballerina Princess. Ha.





We walked through Bryant Park on the way home, so we went for a ride on Le Carrousel. Getting home was a bit of a trek because we stumbled upon the Dominican Day Parade, so a few of the subway entrances were closed. When we finally got home from our excursion, we were both tired. I cleaned up a little while Audrey played dress up with her new clothes and introduced Ballerina Princess to her other stuffed animals. When we looked at the bear's birth certificate and Audrey found out today was the bear's "birthday," she decided to have a birthday party with Ballerina Princess and her other favorite animals. It was very cute.

 

 

Audrey's preschool closes for two weeks every August for classroom maintenance, teacher training, etc. Wednesday of last week was her last day. So far, she's spent a couple days at daycare, so one day after work/daycare, we went to a park near my job, one she hadn't been to before. There was a big pirate ship climbing structure, sprinklers, slides, a big sandbox, etc. She had a lot of fun. I'm glad we've been able to check out new places this summer. Without our own backyard, we kind of have to make NYC our play space, so variety keeps things fun.

 

 

She also likes my boss's office - he has a sweet view of the Statue of Liberty and some nice binoculars. He wasn't here the other day and I brought her up to say hi to some coworkers, and she asked if she could look out his window - shhh don't tell :)