VeVe and ME's day out

ME got to spend the day with VeVe today. And since it was Thursday, that means that it was a day to go to "nails" as VeVe says. ME wanted one hand hot pink and the other bright red. She's got style!

Farm living is the life for us

So my plan for today was to take Benjamin to school, go grocery shopping, then take ME to the pool to work on swimming. I told ME to get dressed in her "bathin' soup" before we took Ben Ben to school, which she did. After we dropped him off, she asked why she was wearing her "bathin' soup". So I told her that she and I were going swimming after we went grocery shopping. A few minutes passed by and she asked who we were going swimming with. After I told her that it was just she and I, a few more minutes passed by. Then she informed me that she didn't want to go swimming with just me. She needed someone else to come watch her swim and that the lifeguards can't do it because they were working. So instead of going swimming, she chose to keep her "swimsoup" on all day and just hang out.

Later we had to swing by LaLa's office for a moment, where she decided that she needed to stay and help La work (still in her swimsoup). LaLa said that was fine and that she would take ME, Benjamin, and McKenzie to her co-worker's farm to play with the animals

After ME got home, she informed me that she's allergic. To what you ask? To turtles, of course, because she doesn't like them!

I don't think McKenzie isn't allergic to them!

A natural-born cowboy!

My random crazy kids

LaLa took the kids to one of her co-worker's farm today. Benjamin thought he was a real cowboy in this hat.

I took this pic of ME a few weeks ago to document her "moustache". Whenever she has chocolate, she ALWAYS leaves evidence no matter how much chocolate she has! Gotta love it!

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Warning...this is a long post about me and my girlfriends and nothing about the kids. Sorry!

This past week, my two oldest friends, Kathryn and Sarah, took a trip sans kids or hubbies to NYC. Daddy Mike was gracious enough to let us crash his place, too. We're so thankful for that!!!

Our main reason for going was to see one of mine and Sarah's favorite movies on Broadway, Sister Act. We, of course, had to throw in a few other fun things while we were there, too.

 

Our first day walking around NYC near the Flat Iron Building

 Our 2nd day:

Drew was able to hook us up for tickets to see The View. We were definitely spoiled with these tickets and our seats! I was even chosen to introduce Maggie Gyllenhaal during the commercial break!

Can you believe how tiny Sherri Shepherd actually is? She was soo cute!

 

If we wanted to, I bet we could have spit on the stage. That's how close we were!

It was a Whoopi Goldberg-inspired kind of trip for us!

Since it was Flag Day, the Drill Team performed during the opening. Pretty cool!

Joy Behar got a bust ice sculpture made for Sherri Shepherd.

Awesome ABC experience!

After The View, we kept up with our celebrity status and found our way to FAO Schwarz to play on the Big piano.



We then took a stroll through Central Park.

Our long stroll lead us to Serendipity...only to find out that the wait was forever and a decade!



We at least got our pictures made inside of Serendipity before we realized that we couldn't split a dessert. :(

After our day of celebrity lifestyle, we got ready to go see our Broadway show.

We look like we're really missing the kids, don't we?

Although our seats were close to God's house, it was still worth the trip!

I love a Broadway flashing sign! Ravon Samone was fabulous, too, btw!

 Day 3: Sightseeing

We headed down toward Southstreet Seaport to do a little sightseeing and to hit up the 1/2 price Broadway tickets. 

This little hole-in-the-wall diner is just around the corner from Mike's apartment. If you're ever in the Meat Packing District, you should check this place out for breakfast. Luckily, we planned on doing a lot of walking this day to walk off our delicious pancakes!

We were sooo excited to be able to find a to go cup with ice! We had to show off our cups in front of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Since all three of us mommas were dancers growing up, we were all mesmerized by this random beautiful ballerina on the pier. We probably stared for about 10 minutes while she and her partner performed.

After Southstreet, we walked over toward Staten Island to see Lady Liberty from afar. Ha!

Do you know about everyone planking all around the country in their photos? Also, did you know that you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose...except for me and Sarah? We thought that even at 32 and even in NYC, we could still carry on our photo tradition. How American right? :)

In Times Square after our show
After all of our walking LITERALLY all over the city, we purchased tickets to see Anything Goes. We all decided that this was our favorite part about the entire trip! It's a tap dance show, so we were in love with the show!

This pic is out of order, but how touristy do Kathryn and I look in Central Park with our maps? Ha! Thankfully, Sarah and Kathryn had their maps on their iPhones.

We decided to be groupies after the show and get autographs of the performers. So fun!

Part of our walking around the town from today was a detour to find this store that Sarah remembered seeing on the Food Network.

This pure deliciousness made the few extra steps worthwhile!!!!

 Day 4: Our last day. :(

Have you ever heard of the Highline Park? It's right down the street from Mike's apt. Drew and Mike both always talk about it when we go. It's an old railroad track that has been turned into a city park above the city. I'm so glad that Mike made us walk around it before we headed back to LR! It's a really neat concept, plus it wasn't too far from Tori Burch's store!

That's us on a bridge overlooking a NYC street.

I'm so thankful that I have had my same girlfriends pretty much my entire life. And I'm so glad that we were able to get away and spend time together!

Stars and Stripes Celebration

VeVe and D-Dub took the kids to MacArthur Park for the Stars and Stripes Celebration. Who doesn't love patriotic music? It's perfect for all ages!

 

It's perfect for dancing crazy, too!