New York City (Lilly's 5 Year Trip)

Grandma Kusch takes each child on a trip when they turn five.  Grandma decided to take Lilly to New York city for her birthday to see the store windows, visit the American girl store, and see a Broadway show.  We flew late at night from Detroit to New York.  Lilly fell asleep on the plane.  I had to carry her from the plane to the cab.  We settled in for the night.
Day 1 - 
We walked around town, took  in all the decorations.  Then, we had tea at the Plaza Hotel.  After tea we went for a carriage ride around Central Park.  We went to a matinee performance of the Rockets Christmas Show, and ended the evening getting Lilly her own American Girl doll.  She picked Samantha.

Day 2 - 

We woke up to snow all over town, but the snow turned to rain, which made a sloppy mess.  Lilly didn't seem to mind, even though her feet got soaked and we walked a great deal.  We started the morning with tea at the American Girl store.  Then, we walked around town and looked at shop windows.  We ended the day with the Broadway show 'Aladdin'.  Lilly fell in love with Aladdin and Broadway.  It was hard to get her to sleep.  She was so excited from the show.

Lilly's favorite window - she kept coming back to look at it over and over again

Union Station

Day 3 - Heading home

November 2016

What a fun month!  The big news for Dave is that the Cubs won the World Series, finally!  The kids have been doing well in school.  Grandma Kusch and I took the kids to the Indianapolis Zoo and met Ellen Milligan and her grandson Grant.  The kids had a blast!  Dave took Liam to the Lego Discovery Center the day after Thanksgiving.  We've had such beautiful weather, so we've been outside as much as possible.

Lilly gets to tag along at Karate somethimes

Date Night to celebrate my birthday!

Liam learning to blow bubbles at school - almost got it

Liam was so excited to see the actual Liberty Bell 7.  We heard the story of how they rescued it from the water.

Naughty Dog!