Vacation! Day #3 (7/14/2014)

We woke up every morning with Theo waiting for us at the top of the stairs.  It was soooo cute.  He would call, "Benji?  Benji?" and then Ben would get all excited and run to the stairs.  Getting to play with Theo was Ben's motivation to finish his milk!  This was the typical scene in the morning:

Ben loved having a built in playmate!  Since the rainy weather seemed to be holding off again, Andy, Ben, and I decided to spend the day exploring Central Park.  It was a pretty easy walk to the park.  Ben was loving all of the taxis that matched his taxi from Theo.

First stop: Strawberry Fields.  Ben was most interested the musician playing Beatles songs.  :)

Our next stop was the big fountain.  Ben, of course, wanted to throw money in, but he happily settled on looking for fish.  

Not the greatest family photo, but it will have to do.  :)

Next, Ben had to wave to all of the people on the boats.  We will have to take him on a paddle boat next time.

Then, we checked out Balto, the big dog that looks like Ra Ra.  

Since Ben kept requesting to see (non-statue) animals, we thought we'd better check out the Central Park Zoo.  But first, it was pretty hot and humid, so Ben had his first Dip 'N Dots.  He approved!  Well, he approved of a few bites anyway.

I wouldn't say birds are his favorite animal, but he sure knows a lot of different types of birds thanks to Nana and her bird book.  I'll have to ask him what birds these are tomorrow morning...

I was a little scared at how close the bird was, but Ben wasn't.

At least one of the bunnies knew where to put his head…

The entire time we were at the zoo, Ben was asking to feed the goats.  We weren't even sure that such a thing exists in NYC, but amazingly, the LAST animals we saw at the zoo were the goats (and llamas and sheep)!  We were literally $0.02 shy of the $0.50 we needed to buy some goat food, so thankfully a kind New Yorker helped us out.  Look at him feed those animals like a pro!

After several hours at the park, we were all pooped.

As usual, we ended the day with some quality play time with Simmy and Theo.  Theo was typically too busy for photos, but there will be more of him in future posts!

And last, but not least, Ben crashed on our bed once again.  By the end of the trip, Andy was on the couch and I shared the bed with this wiggle worm.