New York Stuff

Friday night began with a "family movie night". We had an animated movie on our TiVo - "Surf's Up", about a group of penguins who enter a surfing contest in Hawaii. I hated it, Fiona fell asleep but Mindy and Naomi thought it was OK I guess.

On Saturday, Mindy went into New York with some friends for the day. Not sure what shops she visited specifically but the last of the Christmas presents for the kids were purchased as well as some bowls I think...there was probably some more stuff but I really cannot remember. So, I had the kids for the day. Lunch was a trip to Subway with the Ryan family. The kids actually ate their whole sandwiches, so perhaps despite their protests about the choice of the venue, they have developed a bit of a taste for the food.

After this, back home for a "daddy-daughter movie afternoon". We actually watched "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" which none of us had seen before. They seemed to really enjoy it, Naomi especially got into it when she thought one of the kids was going to get eaten at the end. Certainly a much better movie than what we saw on Friday. During their bath I received a call from Daniel (a friend from Australia) where we reviewed the upcoming selections for the Aussie cricket team as well as his new water tank he was installing.

On Sunday we went in to New York again to go to the American Museum of Natural History. This is a great museum...we have gone many times (we are members) and still have not seen everything. Aside from the permanent collection, there are currently two special exhibits - "Mythical Creatures" and "Water" and we managed to see both. "Mythical Creatures" was quite an interesting look at the development and history of numerous such creatures over time - dragons; unicorns; yeti/big foot etc. This was OK - I think we would have enjoyed it more if we had more time to spend there but the kids were intent on moving forward. The "Water" exhibit was much better I thought. Again, I want to spend more time there and as we plan to return in a few weeks for another trip. It was an interesting look at how we waste and misuse water, kind of silly when it is apparently quite important for our survival!

In the evening we sat in front of our still-not-yet-burning wood stove (hopefully Tuesday) and watched a couple of episodes of "Most Evil". We have about 6 more to watch in the series which is probably about all Mindy could take I think.