Given that we all love to travel we always go away on the girls’ birthday – sometimes it is a long trip (think sunny Caribbean) and other times it is a weekend get-away.  This year the girls birthday fell at the tail end of a school break and after spending close to a week skiing we decided that finishing up the week and celebrating Mia and Alexa’s birthday with a weekend stay in the city was the way to go.  We told them that they needed to plan it out and that we would do everything they wanted – all my kids wanted to do was to go to Central Park and to a museum! And that’s just what we did!

My kids LOVE Central Park and no matter how many times they’ve been there, they always have a blast!  Our hotel was right on Central Park South so after an early check in we went to explore the park.  The weather gods smiled at us – it was 60+ degrees at the end of February – a perfect day to explore.

There was a long discussion among them regarding which museum to go to – Natural History (Mia’s preference) or the Met (Alexa’s choice – she is a bit obsessed with Percy Jackson books and wanted to check our the Greek section).  Their negotiations did not go far as they got distracted playing chess and climbing every rock there was.

For a brief moment they agreed to go to Central Park zoo but changed their minds once we got there and wanted to see the Alice in Wonderland statue; they climbed on every statue they saw on the way there:)

After spending to close to 5 hours in the park we got back to the hotel, changed and headed over to dinner  at one of our old favs – Rue 57 (their clams are to die for!)

And after dinner was time for the girls birthday present – their first broadway show!  I chose Aladdin and we all LOVED it!

And the next morning there was gift unwrapping :

skype call with their cousins:

a carriage ride through the park:

And tea at the Plaza!

And we ended this birthday weekend with a quick trip to Brooklyn to my parents to pick up Millie, get more birthday presents and eat a birthday cake lovingly made by my Mom!  When we asked the girls which birthday weekend they liked better – this weekend in the city or last year’s birthday weekend to Grey Wolf Lodge they both said that staying in the city was their favorite!  They are my children after all:)