Red-Eye Day In The Big Apple
ON FLIGHT EXPERIENCE
Okay, last year's travel when Erik was only 17 months was a BREEZE. Seriously, he slept all through the red-eye flight and nursed on Mummy for comfort. This time around, no nursing! We have officially been weaned! YAY! Thanks to Daddy's personal bedtime story time. WhooHoo BUT the downfall is, Erik has to rely on himself for soothing and its hard to soothe yourself on a plane full of strangers and late night when super tired and exhausted.
With that said, Erik did GREAT! He didn't sleep when we were on the plane immediately. Erik was just super excited about being on a "rocket ship" and did his Little Einstein "patting for take off". Very cute! He took his own time to snooze, really, for the red eye flight, he only slept a total of 3 to 4 hours at most in a 6 1/2 hours flight. Daddy had to move to another aisle while Mummy & Erik was able to sprawl over all 3 seats to try and snooze. Thank goodness Mummy is short :o) HAHA!
We arrived safe & sound in New York despite rushing from one concourse to another during our flight change in Denver (Shout out to Uncle Sean & Auntie Kallie)! Mummy held Erik (all 30+ pounds) and Daddy holding all 3 of our hand lugguages, we pretty much ran...no sprinted from one gate to another. Sheesh!
VIDEO ERRAND
After taking a long nap with Erik in the morning, we took the subway down into Manhattan to visit a store that Daddy has been a long time customer of. B & H Video. Oh yeah, this is Daddy's little candy store, seriously major drools!
While Daddy was just picking out an extended battery for his new videocam, Erik and Mummy watched the big screen TVs showcasing some major underwater sea creatures. Erik was just happy!
FUN FUN FUN
Andrew's Coffee Shop
After our little errand, Daddy & Mummy decided to stop for a mid-afternoon snack at the local Andrew's Coffee Shop. It's really out of "nowhere", at least for us. We stopped in for a little pizza bite. Our pepperoni pizza literally had 8 slices of pepperoni on it. That's it! What the heck?! But oh well...Daddy, Mummy, and Erik just needed a place to "plan" the rest of their day. After a quick replan, we decided to take the train down to Central Park & 5th Avenue!
Central Park
Central Park is one of our favorite places in NYC. Mummy loves it because Daddy took her there on her first trip out to the East Coast more than a decade ago. Erik loves it because of the very cool water play area at the Heckscher Playground.
Well, actually Erik really just loved chasing the pigeons and sparrows at the park. Seriously, we flew 3000+ miles on a red-eye and our boy was content with chasing pigeons that we can easily find at home in California! HAHA! We let him do whatever he likes though. He was running free!!
However, with urban life comes with urban conflicts. A boy around the ages of 8-10 years old was just being a jerk. Yes, I am coining a little boy a jerk. He basically was pushing and shoving all the smaller kids, included Erik at the water play area. Mummy literally chased him down saying sternly "Excuse me, you do NOT push younger kids!" and his older brother, maybe 11-13 years old, immediately came over and apologized while this jerk of a kid yells "Who Cares?!". Where is this boy's mother?! Where are the manners?! Yep, Mummy gave him the "mean Mommy look".
Anywhoo, besides that, Erik had a BLAST! He ran all over the place. Daddy had a hard time keeping up and trying not to get his camera / video cam wet. Erik splashed every where and all of his clothes were WET! We literally only had one 3T shirt for Erik and no shorts/pants. As a result, our son was paraded Central Park and 5th Avenue in his 3T shirt and pull-ups. HAHA!
Nothing like eating a $2.00 chocolate ice cream bar in Central Park. We treated Erik to one while he rode Daddy's shoulders. We thought it'd give him a sugar rush and some energy. After wards, we stopped by the pond and had a "picnic" with the ducks. Basically Erik threw in cheerios, chex mix, pretzels, whatever he wanted to share with the duckies. He loved sharing!!
By the time we were on 5th Avenue, Erik fell asleep on top of Daddy's head.
Joe's Shanghai
One favorite place of Daddy's is Joe's Shanghai Restaurant at the Uptown location. It is a MUST visit every time for Daddy. It's because of there steamed shanghai pork buns (小龍包). Our nickname for it is "Bruce Lee" Buns because literal translation 小龍 is "small dragon" but also the name of Bruce Lee in Chinese. It's our little running joke. But this steamed dish is really Daddy's FAVORITE! Daddy was super-happy :o) HAHA!
Okay, last year's travel when Erik was only 17 months was a BREEZE. Seriously, he slept all through the red-eye flight and nursed on Mummy for comfort. This time around, no nursing! We have officially been weaned! YAY! Thanks to Daddy's personal bedtime story time. WhooHoo BUT the downfall is, Erik has to rely on himself for soothing and its hard to soothe yourself on a plane full of strangers and late night when super tired and exhausted.
With that said, Erik did GREAT! He didn't sleep when we were on the plane immediately. Erik was just super excited about being on a "rocket ship" and did his Little Einstein "patting for take off". Very cute! He took his own time to snooze, really, for the red eye flight, he only slept a total of 3 to 4 hours at most in a 6 1/2 hours flight. Daddy had to move to another aisle while Mummy & Erik was able to sprawl over all 3 seats to try and snooze. Thank goodness Mummy is short :o) HAHA!
We arrived safe & sound in New York despite rushing from one concourse to another during our flight change in Denver (Shout out to Uncle Sean & Auntie Kallie)! Mummy held Erik (all 30+ pounds) and Daddy holding all 3 of our hand lugguages, we pretty much ran...no sprinted from one gate to another. Sheesh!
VIDEO ERRAND
After taking a long nap with Erik in the morning, we took the subway down into Manhattan to visit a store that Daddy has been a long time customer of. B & H Video. Oh yeah, this is Daddy's little candy store, seriously major drools!
While Daddy was just picking out an extended battery for his new videocam, Erik and Mummy watched the big screen TVs showcasing some major underwater sea creatures. Erik was just happy!
FUN FUN FUN
Andrew's Coffee Shop
After our little errand, Daddy & Mummy decided to stop for a mid-afternoon snack at the local Andrew's Coffee Shop. It's really out of "nowhere", at least for us. We stopped in for a little pizza bite. Our pepperoni pizza literally had 8 slices of pepperoni on it. That's it! What the heck?! But oh well...Daddy, Mummy, and Erik just needed a place to "plan" the rest of their day. After a quick replan, we decided to take the train down to Central Park & 5th Avenue!
Central Park
Central Park is one of our favorite places in NYC. Mummy loves it because Daddy took her there on her first trip out to the East Coast more than a decade ago. Erik loves it because of the very cool water play area at the Heckscher Playground.
Well, actually Erik really just loved chasing the pigeons and sparrows at the park. Seriously, we flew 3000+ miles on a red-eye and our boy was content with chasing pigeons that we can easily find at home in California! HAHA! We let him do whatever he likes though. He was running free!!
However, with urban life comes with urban conflicts. A boy around the ages of 8-10 years old was just being a jerk. Yes, I am coining a little boy a jerk. He basically was pushing and shoving all the smaller kids, included Erik at the water play area. Mummy literally chased him down saying sternly "Excuse me, you do NOT push younger kids!" and his older brother, maybe 11-13 years old, immediately came over and apologized while this jerk of a kid yells "Who Cares?!". Where is this boy's mother?! Where are the manners?! Yep, Mummy gave him the "mean Mommy look".
Anywhoo, besides that, Erik had a BLAST! He ran all over the place. Daddy had a hard time keeping up and trying not to get his camera / video cam wet. Erik splashed every where and all of his clothes were WET! We literally only had one 3T shirt for Erik and no shorts/pants. As a result, our son was paraded Central Park and 5th Avenue in his 3T shirt and pull-ups. HAHA!
Nothing like eating a $2.00 chocolate ice cream bar in Central Park. We treated Erik to one while he rode Daddy's shoulders. We thought it'd give him a sugar rush and some energy. After wards, we stopped by the pond and had a "picnic" with the ducks. Basically Erik threw in cheerios, chex mix, pretzels, whatever he wanted to share with the duckies. He loved sharing!!
By the time we were on 5th Avenue, Erik fell asleep on top of Daddy's head.
Joe's Shanghai
One favorite place of Daddy's is Joe's Shanghai Restaurant at the Uptown location. It is a MUST visit every time for Daddy. It's because of there steamed shanghai pork buns (小龍包). Our nickname for it is "Bruce Lee" Buns because literal translation 小龍 is "small dragon" but also the name of Bruce Lee in Chinese. It's our little running joke. But this steamed dish is really Daddy's FAVORITE! Daddy was super-happy :o) HAHA!
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