Long Island Long Weekend!

As my previous post stated, we spent some of the past long weekend in NY. It was a great time, and the boys loved spending time with G.G. and swimming in the hotel pool. And the icing on the cake was the gorgeous Spring weather!

We arrived on Thursday night and met up for dinner with G.G. and then she came with us back to our hotel to watch the boys go swimming.



Then it was off to bed so the boys could be rested for our fun day at the Bronx Zoo. We woke up early and headed over G.G.'s house for breakfast and then we were off. Since the zoo is still on Winter hours some of the exhibits were closed, but we still had lots to see and the boys had a blast running around. I think their favorite part was the Bug Carousel!
David at the Zoo entrance:


Shaun running to the next exhibit:


Checking out the animals:


The Bug Carousel:


After the zoo we dropped headed back to the hotel for a quick swim and then it was back to G.G.'s for dinner and dessert! We headed back to the hotel for a good night sleep because we would be meeting up with some of the Doc's extended family.

After a lovely brunch (which included NY Bagels - YUM!) with the extended family we packed up the car and headed to Jones Beach. It was a gorgeous sunny day but the ocean breeze kept the temperature in the mid-60's. Shaun and I even walked down to the water and stuck our toes in. It was FREEZING and Shaun didn't really like it very much!

The boys having fun in the sand:


HUGE hole!


Shaun preferred to eat his sand! (I wish I was kidding...sigh!)


Cool Shades!


After the beach we headed over to the Cheesecake Factory for an early dinner. It was so yummy and we were all so full that we ordered our cheesecake to go and headed back to G.G.'s house so the boys could ride their bikes and play outside.




After our dessert we headed back to the hotel for one last swim before checking out in the morning. The boys still talk about missing the pool! Shaun was very sad when we packed up his swim vest.



Shaun getting the hang of it


David's BIG splash!


After a hearty breakfast the Sunday morning, we hugged G.G. goodbye and hit the road home. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to get away before Evan's arrival!