Ava's Adventures: New York, New York (Part 2)

After being closed for almost nine months, we were fortunate that the Statue of Liberty re-opened while we were on vacation. We were lucky enough to get tickets that allowed us to climb to the top of the monument. The inside of the monument includes a museum featuring Lady Liberty's former torch, artifacts, and replicas showing just how large she really is.

The views of the City from Liberty Island were beautiful and the statue itself was quite impressive.

Ava is a fan of Eloise - a six year old who lives at The Plaza. As a very special treat we enjoyed an Eloise Tea complete with sandwiches, scones, and sweets.

Moving from Manhattan to the Bronx, we visited the New Yankee Stadium. Ava is proud of the fact that she is older than the new stadium (opened in 2009). Living outside of DC for three years before the Nats came to town, Chris and Abby's closest MLB team was the Baltimore Orioles who happened to be in town. Ava proudly cheered against the hometown Yanks without getting any dirty looks from the locals.

Even though the Yankees don't have a mascot, Ava was able to meet the Cracker Jack mascots Sailor Jack and his dog Bingo.

Taking a break from the hubub of Manhattan, we took the subway to Brooklyn to enjoy some time at the beach including visiting the original Nathan's, jumping into the Atlantic, and enjoying some of the carnival amusements.

Heading back into the City, we stopped by the New York Public Library where Ava entered the scene from Goodnight Moon and saw the original Winnie the Pooh animals.

Just behind the library is Bryant Park where adults were laying out in the sun and kids were enjoying the carousel.

We wandered around Rockefeller Center and the surrounding area on our last morning in town.

The final stop of our trip was the American Museum of Natural History where we saw halls of mammals, Ava got in touch with her Micronesian roots, we got up close with dinosaurs, and Ava was able to touch gems and minerals.