state fair

saturday we spent the

 day at the fair 

penelope is finally tall enough 

to ride the big rides

here we are on the alpine ski

-not scared at all.

a fun house with kiara

the fishing game

with her prize dolphins

and the food-

mini donuts

pronto pup

cheese curds

mac and cheese

a friendly chocolate milk

drinking challenge

(chip won.)

pizza

and a cheeseburger and fries

that was eleven and a half hours 

at the fair.

pretty good.

the unisphere and before...

on the last day of our trip

we spent the afternoon

at the unisphere

there was a rainbow

so amazing

and great.

and just before,

we were here

at the lemon ice king of corona

enjoying an italian ice

-it was good.

there was also a visit here

this is penelope listening to a soundtrack

and yesterday 

in a little cafe 

for steamed milk 

and a huge stack of pancakes

before a trip to the

hudson river valley

to storm king

cool place

with sculptures 

and tons of space

a little break

and then we were off again

on wednesday 

there was another 

day at the westport beach

5 hours worth.

and tuesday

a trip back to the city

for gelato at eataly

and a walk through 

washington square park

that turned into

another fountain swim

and tomorrow we go home...

and then penelope got her ears pierced

the last few days have been busy.

this was wednesday

on the carousel

in bryant park

lots to do here

then the high line

where there was an event for kids

and after

a cupcake at magnolia bakery

on thursday we were 

 in sayville visiting family

and hanging out

on the beach.

later that day

penelope got her ears pierced

it killed me just a little-

to watch her be so brave 

and so grown up

back in nyc today 

for a slice of pizza-

ny style

and a visit to

madison square park

doing another little art project

in another park.

strawberry fields, museum of natural history and the beach

so lovely

and sweet

we came here to see this

 and photograph penelope

at the mosaic for her school

we stopped by the dakota too

there was a visit to 

the museum of natural history

and later that day 

there was more swimming

and communing with the ocean

and more today.