New York - Day 5

First of all, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (Canadian Thanksgiving, that is!)

This is it...our last (full) day in The Big Apple. I think one of Wayne's favourite things this entire trip is the hot breakfast at the hotel. Everyday has been something different and it has all been so good! It has been really nice having a full, hearty breakfast all ready for us before we venture out for the day! Both Jade and I are really pleased with the hotel and are glad we chose this one!

It was cold today!! (Although, we heard it has been snowing like crazy back home....) We jumped back on the tour bus and toured around Central Park, up to Harlem and back to Times Square. We made a quick stop at the Museum of Natural History. This is where they filmed the movie, "The Night at the Museum" with Ben Stiller. Surprisingly, the museum has a suggested admission price, but it is up to you how much you want to pay. If you don't want to pay the suggested price, you can pay any 'donation' amount and get admission! We paid a donation and walked (very quickly) through most of the museum. Again, I thought about how much the kids would've liked to have been there! Some other interesting sites that we saw, the building where John Lennon used to live and was gunned down at, the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, the Guggenheim Museum, and lots of buildings where celebrities live (although we did not see any real celebrities). Our tour guide was an interesting guy. His pants were floods (too short), his fly was down, he had coffee dripping all over his hands and on the bus, he had this horrendous laugh (which mostly happened after his own lame jokes) and he made this really weird horse noise (without moving his mouth!) We were all laughing so hard AT him, but I think he thought we were laughing at his lame jokes. We had thought about getting off and catching the next bus, but we waited it out and now it makes for a funny story!


Today was also our taping for the David Letterman show. We had to line up to get our tickets, then we had to line up again at a later time to get in to see the show. Everything worked out smoothly and by 6pm, we were in our seats watching the "Late Show with David Letterman". It was pretty entertaining and he is a pretty funny guy. I think Mike enjoyed being able to do his full-on belly laugh and not get mocked by anyone! On the show was Uma Thurman and Tim McGraw. The taping was an hour long and then we were all swiflty escorted out of the Ed Sullivan Theatre. Our show will actually air on Friday.


After the taping, we grabbed a hot chocolate and a huge cupcake from a little over-priced bakery and jumped back on the tour bus for the night tour. It was cold, but it was fun! This tour guide was much better than the last and just as funny. We rode over the Brooklyn Bridge and got a great night view of the city of Manhattan from the Brooklyn side.

This really has been my dream date with Wayne! We just celebrated our 14th Anniversary and I have had the best time with him on this trip! I am so glad that Jade and Mike were able to join us too. They are so much fun and we are glad that we get to spend so much time with them.

We were glad to hear that the kids have been doing well with Grandma Deb and we are so grateful that she offered to be our nanny for the week. As much as I needed this time away, I will be so happy to see the kids again! I feel rejuvenated and re-energized for another stint of motherhood! If anyone wants to go to NYC and needs a friend...give me a call! I'd go again in a heartbeat!