Tis The Season To Be Busy

We finally hit the unofficial start of summer and the last two weekends have been a little hectic. On May 26th, the three of us went down to New York City for the day to visit my brother and to visit the Central Park Zoo. Although we were only in the city for the day, it was nice to get down there again. This was our first trip to NY since Charlotte was born, and it seamed like Charlotte enjoyed the city as much as we do.

As usually, we drove to Poughkeepsie, NY to catch the Metro North Train into Grand Central. Charlotte spent her time on the train looking out the window, talking to all the passengers and napping. Once in NY, we got a quick bite to eat, passed by Chris's old neighborhood and then it was off to meet my brother Sean at the Central Park Zoo. The Zoo is nice...It's not real big, but it's big enough to fill a good part of your afternoon. There was a lot more animals then I expected included Polar Bears, Penguins, Snow Monkeys, Turtles and of course the seals. After the Zoo, we took a stroll in the park and then it was down to SoHo for dinner. After dinner it was getting late, so we took the subway back to Grand Central and on back home to Albany. It was a busy day, but it was fun and Charlotte was great.

This past weekend was another busy one. On Saturday, I was busy doing stuff around the house and then Saturday Night, the three of us went to Jerico Drive-In to see Pirates Of the Caribbean - At Worlds End. The movie was good but it wasn't as good as the first two and they leave the ending open for a forth installment. This was our second Drive-Inn movie of the summer and Charlotte is doing much, much better then the fiasco last summer.

On Sunday it was off to my parents house to celebrate my brothers, Sean (38) and I (36) birthday. Though the birthday fun didn't end Sunday...On Monday Chris and Charlotte baked my favorite cake for some birthday fun with just the three of us.