Nov 4, 2009

Home Sweet Home




Our trip to New York & Canada was wonderful. First off, the purpose of the trip was Sajid's brother's wedding. Arslan and Patricia were married "Canadian Style" on Saturday the 24th of October. It was beautiful and Allie got to be a Junior Bridesmaid and, naturally, she love every minute of it. And I have to say, my baby girl is growing up. She was gorgeous, absolutely stunning. Although, it was freezing. Holy Cow was it ever cold up there. LOL

We flew in & out of Buffalo, NY. We spent the first night in Niagara Falls, Canada. From there we drove through portions of upstate NY, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to reach New York City. I don't think we could have chosen a better time to see the country side. We spent the next three days seeing the sights of the big apple. Saj and I agreed that our top priority would be to see the Statue of Liberty and "ground zero". The kids were definitely amazed by it all. Jaan had expressed that he was concerned that the Statue of Liberty might have a mustache and that would be "wierd". I assured him that she did not have a mustache, at which point he pointed out that the statue was a man. I said no honey it's a girl, that's why they call her Lady Liberty. He told me (very matter of fact like) "Mom, that would be his wife." Much to his surprise she is a girl.
Even though the boys had yet to be born at the time of the 9/11 attacks, they are aware that something had happened. So, seeing the location in person really brought it into perspective. Seeing the destruction that is still so evident was heart breaking, even for the children. We were able to buy some photo books that are impact full.
Allie and I spent some time at the American Girl store and we took the kids to the Magnolia Bakery. Okay maybe that was just as much for us as it was for them. :-)
We spent an afternoon in Central Park as well.
So that about sums up the trip. We've just been working on settling back in to "regular" life.
Saj is off in California, doing what he does. And the kids and I have settled back into a school routine.