We decided the kids were old enough to see the Radio City Christmas Show in NYC, and I was so excited to take them! This was my 3rd time seeing it, and it never ever gets old! Right at the corner across from Radio City is I believe a hotel w/ maybe 8 of these nutcrackers in front. It was soooo cool. Especially since my kids are obsessed w/ nutcrackers at the moment.
There it is in teh background! The weather was perfect. We went in a few hours early to walk around the city and show them some of the Christmas sights. We ran out of time b/c we hadn't factored in how slow kids walk-but we still saw quite a bit!
The city is so fun to be in during the holidays. I think this is Chase bank. They were sponsors to the Rockettes show so they went all out at their buildings.
There were these cool huge ornaments, christmas lights and something else. So fun!
At Rockefeller Center we went to the LEGO store. The boys of course loved it. I'm realizing we didn't take a pic in front of the tree or the ice skating rink. The kids loved it.
Eliza was bored and instead sat at this window staring at the huge tree in Rockefeller Center and the skating rink. She was mesmerized.
The Star Wars section mesmerized the boys of course!
Then we went to the Nintendo store. They had this crazy interactive Mario. He was actually talking to my kids about personal things. He told Ty he liked his sweater, and when they were together he said that Chase must be the younger brother. We were so confused and in awe!
Ty couldn't believe it. Then later a worker told us the guy that actually does the voice of Mario was skyping w/ us from wherever he lives. So Mario WAS actually talking to us! He only does it 2 hours a day so we were lucky to be there when we were. He knows 8 languages and while we there he started speaking in Spanish to a little girl and blew her mind.
Of course the kids played some Wii.
Then we walked up to FAO Schwarz Toy Store. Home of the big piano from the movie "Big." In the LEGO section there Chase was loving Indiana Jones.
On the Big Piano! Pretty cool!
And here we are in Radio City!! I love that huge chandelier. We had literally no time to take pictures. We sat in our seats, the lights immediately went out and the show started. Cutting it close! The kids really enjoyed the show. The boys thought it was so cool. They are the perfect age for it. Eliza got bored about 3/4 of the way through, so we took a walk to the bathroom. So it was a success! I'm so glad we got to do this together as a family. And it really got us all in the Christmas spirit!
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