New York, Fall 2009

I know I'm ridiculously behind in posting. Here are some pictures from our trip to New York in late September/early October. I'm going to try to get caught up and then post monthly after that.

NEW YORK CITY

at the American Museum of Natural History

in Central Park

Quentin's favorite sculpture, just outside of Central Park

on the piano floor at FAO Schwarz

Exhausted after a long day

playing with Squeaky at Uncle Scott's house

Times Square

on the Subway

Statue of Liberty

tired after another long day

Central Park Children's Zoo

at Penn Station with my cousin Sam. We only had about 1/2 an hour to visit before our train left.

UPSTATE

picking apples

the playground at the apple orchard

enjoying cider doughnuts

a small town in upstate NY

driving through the Adirondacks

visiting with Matthew's Grandma

NIAGARA FALLS

hanging out at the hotel

Rainy Day activities:

#1: playing in the arcade

#2 miniature golf

#3: wax museum (Quentin was terrified of this, which was funny considering how much he begged to go in a haunted house)

#4: Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum

watching fireworks

on the Maid of the Mist

Another Camping Trip

Quentin loved camping so much, we decided to go one last time in early September. Unfortunately, the day we chose turned out to be unusually cold.

At the Zoo

Yellow Submarine

For a while, Quentin's favorite song was Yellow Submarine.

Lakeside Amusement Park

We took Quentin to Lakeside for the first time, after discovering they have a pretty good selection of kiddie rides. Unfortunately, he decided he wanted to ride the roller coaster first. It's a pretty tame one, but not tame enough, as you can see. After that, it took over an hour of just hanging around to get him back on the rides. Fortunately, he had a great time after that.

New Blanket

Quentin's baby blankets are getting a bit small for him (although he still loves them), so I decided it was time to make him a bigger one. He picked out the colors. I think it turned out pretty well.

First Day of School

Quentin on his first day of preschool.

Summer Highlights

Once again, I'm long overdue for an update. Here are some highlights from the summer:

Inspired by the neighbors' kittens:

Camping at Rocky Mountain National Park (Quentin's first camping trip):

Running in the fountain outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science:

Jasmine's birthday party at the Colorado Railroad Museum:

Camping near Colorado Springs:

At the Dinosaur Resource Center

Enjoying a cool drink on the back porch: