New York, New York!

Excuse this post...the pictures are in reverse order...they start with the end and work their way to the beginning of our stay in New York.

A highlight of any McAllister family vacation is always bronzed weenies

Sitting in front of the fountain at Central Park.

The Manhattan Temple

Grandma with Biff from Letterman. I'll give you three guesses on who was more excited for this picture...

Checking out the weird "Central Park Bugs" with their new CSI Magnifying Glass

Checking out the super cool "New York City Sewer System" with same magnifying glass

Hubby with Rupert

Grandpa getting his groove on in Times Square (wish it wasn't blurry!)

All of us in Times Square at night. #2's by far the coolest in the crew

The boys busting up the Brooklyn Bridge

This is #3's cool new trick that he discovered on the New York City Subway. He would inhale through his nose as hard as he could until his nostrils stuck to his face. For some reason, having the little buck teeth protruding helps with suction. Everyone on our subway train was laughing until they cried.

Three little monkeys in front of the Statue of Liberty. No, #3 doesn't need to use the bathroom.

#3 running "routes" on the Statue of Liberty lawn.

Granpa and Gramma with the boys

On the ferry to S of L

This is the inside of the Ladder 10 Fire Station across from the World Trade Center site. Notice the six plaques on the wall. Those are the six men from this engine that died when the WTC came down on 9/11.

This is John, our new hero. He was in the WTC when it came down and got out untouched. He was so gracious to tell us about his experience that day. (And couldn't he play himself in a movie??)

#1 with the foul ball that the beer guy handed him at Yankee Stadium

Hubby and Grandpa before the Yankee Game. And no, we are NOT Yankee fans. Grandpa was sure that if we all showed up in NYC with Boston hats on we'd be mugged and left for dead in a dark subway corner so they all bought $5 Yankee hats on a street corner the minute we hit the city.

All of us outside the future Yankee Stadium

The stadium that is no more. I'm so glad we got to take our baseball fanatic family to see this baseball shrine before it came down!