Spring Break

One of New York City's strengthens are the wonderful parks all around. We decided that we would spend Olivia's spring break exploring as many parks as we could. Unfortunately, winter weather returned and we weren't able to get to as many parks as we planned, but we were still able to get to some of our favorites!  

 

Central Park is definitely one of our favorite places and has no shortage of fun. One of our favorite Central Park activities are the row boats. The girls were so excited to take over rowing duties.

 

 

 

Somehow this was just Lyla's first time on the rowboats and she loved them. She wanted to be rowing duty at all times.

While walking through the park, Lyla, my pink-obsessed girl was absolutely ecstatic when she saw a tree covered in pink blossoms.

Our next park was Prospect Park in Brooklyn, this was actually our first trip to Prospect Park and it was a fun one!

 As we were standing by the water some swans came over to us. I was excited to point them out to my girls. Olivia liked the swans, but Lyla immediately told us that she didn't like swans and ducks were better.

 

Once my girls stepped foot into this structure, it immediately transformed into Elsa's ice palace and they both belted "Let it Go."

One things we were really excited about doing in Prospect Park was roller skating at their new outdoor rink. Our trip ice skating last winter wasn't as successful as I might have hoped, but for some reason I was convinced that roller skating would be way easier for the girls...that didn't prove entirely true for everyone.

Balancing on the slick rink proved to be quite difficult for Lyla, a local roller skating buff tried to give Lyla some pointers which did seem to bring about some improvement.

 

   Olivia was so excited to go roller skating. She didn't want any assistance she was ready to go out on her own. There were definitely some spills, but she got a little better and a little better as our time went on.

 

On our way back to the subway, we stopped by a Brooklyn pizzeria to grab some dinner. New Yorkers all eat their pizza by folding it in half. Matt and I do not follow that trend, but the second Olivia grabbed her slice of pizza she immediately folded it in half and started chowing down. Olivia is our true New York girl!

Since we have lived in NY, Bryant Park is our most frequently visited park...we love it so much!

 

 For the girls, the carousal is a big reason to love this park.

 

 We can't go to Bryant Park without stopping by the big NYC library. Once we go, we never want to leave.

 

We sure had a wonderful spring break together as a family, luckily we have the whole summer ahead of us to get to those parks we missed this time around.