Outside the Yankees new stadium with Flat Stanley . . .
Great game . . . they won!
Cool window at the Guggenheim Museum - Ted especially enjoyed the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit . . .
Outside the American Museum of Natural History - amazing exhibit of African mammals . . .
Mitch loved shopping at Nintendo World near Rockefeller Plaza . . .
View of the Manhattan skyline from the Staten Island Ferry . . .
There she is!
Jackson and Flat Stanley enjoying the ferry ride . . . 
We took the subway everywhere - so convenient!
We took the subway everywhere - so convenient!
Check out this character in Central Park - looks just like the actual Statue of Liberty . . .
Running around Central Park - we wish Ottawa had something like this!
The Reservoir in Central Park - lots of people jog around this . . .
The bright lights of Times Square at night . . .
The "Tiles of America" display near Ground Zero - this is the fence where people posted flyers looking for loved ones lost at the WTC during 9/11 . . . now replaced by many handmade tiles . . .
We loved this tile - says it all . . .
Ferrari Spyder as seen at Manhattan MotorCars. I think they guessed we weren't serious shoppers . . .
We've been having a great time in New York City! Here's a summary from Jackson on what we've been up to.
Jackson:
The first thing we did after checking into The Leo House (our hotel) was walk down to Manhattan MotorCars. I saw my favourite car – a Ferrari Spyder. Then we walked over to Madison Square Gardens but there was no game on.
We bought Metro Cards so we can ride the subway whenever we want. We took the subway up to Central Park. We had a fun time climbing the rocks at Central Park. It has cool play structures with underground ladders. Every day we take the subway underground too, to other places.
On Tuesday, we went to the American Museum of Natural History where the movie “Night at the Museum” was filmed. It was very cool! My favourite part was inside a ball and inside was an Imax (he is referring to the Hayden Planetarium). We watched a cool film called “Journey to the Stars.”
On Wednesday, we went on a hop-on, hop-off bus. It was a red double-decker bus and we sat on the top. We drove all over Manhattan and you can see with no roof and no windows all around you. It can get very hot up on the top. We saw Times Square and lots of electric signs with advertisements. It looked cool! We went to the giant Toys ‘R Us and the FAO Schwartz Toy store and the Apple Store.
The first thing we did after checking into The Leo House (our hotel) was walk down to Manhattan MotorCars. I saw my favourite car – a Ferrari Spyder. Then we walked over to Madison Square Gardens but there was no game on.
We bought Metro Cards so we can ride the subway whenever we want. We took the subway up to Central Park. We had a fun time climbing the rocks at Central Park. It has cool play structures with underground ladders. Every day we take the subway underground too, to other places.
On Tuesday, we went to the American Museum of Natural History where the movie “Night at the Museum” was filmed. It was very cool! My favourite part was inside a ball and inside was an Imax (he is referring to the Hayden Planetarium). We watched a cool film called “Journey to the Stars.”
On Wednesday, we went on a hop-on, hop-off bus. It was a red double-decker bus and we sat on the top. We drove all over Manhattan and you can see with no roof and no windows all around you. It can get very hot up on the top. We saw Times Square and lots of electric signs with advertisements. It looked cool! We went to the giant Toys ‘R Us and the FAO Schwartz Toy store and the Apple Store.
On Thursday, we took the Staten Island Ferry and saw the Statue of Liberty. Flat Stanley came along but my Mom did not need Darlene's jacket yet!
My best thing so far was going to a Yankees Baseball game at the new Yankee Stadium. I had an awesome time at the game. I got a Yankees baseball cap for $5 from a guy in the subway tunnel. And the Yankees won a 6 to 4 victory against the Baltimore Orioles, which was very exciting and I enjoyed it. I’m having an amazing time in New York City so far. This afternoon we leave for Paris.
