A Day at the Museum

The girls and I took a ride on the train into New York City to meet up with Aunt Lori and some of our friends at the American Museum of Natural History. We had a great day!

First ride on a train:

Waiting to meet Lynne & Alex at 125th Station in Harlem:

Getting into the museum:

 

At the origami tree:



Caitlin checks out some New York Native American Indians


Not at all scared by the Tiger
 

Checking out the peacock kill


Caitlin checks out the tiger
 
Taking a break in Africa








Butterfly Exhibit
Alexa wanted one to land on her in the worst way!







 

Discovery Room
Alexa was just the right age for the tree - she loved it.


Caitlin tagged along






After we left Lynne and Alex, we went to dinner with my sister Lori at a little mexican place just across from the museum. I didn't want to mess with the buses and making changes after dark because I'm not that familiar so we hailed a cab. Caitlin was so funny. She was narrating the whole time. "This mister stopped and picked us up. Mister is taking us for a ride in his car..."

The girls in Grand Central. (I was afraid to let them get too far away for a photo since it was so busy)







We just missed the 6:02 train and they added a 6:09 train that we made but it was Express-Express and only made about 6 stops. It stopped at the station before ours (Brewster vs Brewster North aka Southeast) which is only a mile or so between stations. Luckily grandmama had just gotten home from dinner after her early train and was able to pick us up and drop me off to get my car. It was almost 8pm by the time we got home and the girls were exhausted, including me!