We got into New York Saturday afternoon and after dropping our luggage at the hotel, we headed straight to Yosuke and Manami's apartment and we got to meet Lemi! She was so tiny and sweet! Olivia was taken with her little cousin right away. She did a great job holding her. It was so cute to watch Olivia with her. Natalie, on the other hand, wasn't quite sure what to make of her. She preferred to check her out from a distance.
We hung out and visited for a few hours before heading back to our hotel to get ready for bed. We got up Sunday and walked to the American Girl store, where Olivia's doll (Sylvus) got a much-needed trip to the salon. ;) After that, we headed across town to an awesome children's bookstore called Books of Wonder for storytime. We grabbed lunch across the street at a delicious cafe afterwards and headed back to the hotel for a little rest before meeting Yosuke, Manami, and Lemi for some frozen yogurt in their neck of the woods.
Monday we decided to visit the American Museum of Natural History. If I could have foreseen how this would have turned out, we probably would have skipped it. It was super crowded and both kids were quite grumpy. We gave up on it about two hours in despite having seen very little of it.
We split up, with Yusaku and Natalie heading back to the hotel for a nap and Olivia and I heading to Central Park to stroll around. The beautiful scenery and fresh air was a much need break after the museum experience. Olivia especially enjoyed practicing her mountain climbing skills, scaling the biggest boulder we could find.
When Natalie woke up, she and Yusaku joined us in Central Park.
We squeezed in one more quick visit with Manami and Lemi before we had to hit the road. Even though parts of the trip were stressful, we were so glad we glad we got to meet Lemi. Can't wait to see her again at Thanksgiving!
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