Nightmare of a morning turns into a Fantastic Day had by all!

Rain pouring rain - the kind that comes at you sideways - that is what I had to deal with yesterday trying to get out of the house and into the city. Lil' Steven went in with Big Steve in the wee hours of the morning. So that left me to get Bella and Sophia to Grandma's and me, Samantha and Anthony onto the train. After the craziness of the morning by the time I sat my butt in the seat on the train I was dripping wet. I literally was able to ring out my hair. This was not a good start and now I needed to be in the city with the 3 kids IN THE RAIN. There is no way this was gonna end happily.

Well I couldn't have been more wrong. By the time the train pulled into Penn Station the rain had stopped and it was warm. I held my breath trying to get to Steve's office just waiting for the skies to open up but not a drop. We decide to take our chances and walk down 5th Avenue. Where were all the people?!?! The city was empty! We casually moved around with ease. Got to see the tree without a crowd of insanity. Walked down all of 5th Avenue and not one person bumped into me. Took our time looking at all the holiday windows. It was perfect! We had lunch at the Rockefeller Center Cafe which is around the rink. So we ate lunch and watched all the skaters. Steve's highlight was watching a guy fall flat on his face and then excitedly explain to me in detail as they picked him up and he was bleeding and they had to take him off the ice. It's the little things.

We ended the day watching the Radio City Music Show with the Rockettes. The kids sat on the edge of their seat the whole time. Lil Steven was the most excited to see it which surprised Steve and I. It's true what they say - it really was a great experience watching thru the eyes of your children.

Just a few pics from our day....

I was having camera issues - but trust me the TREE is fantastic this year!


See practically empty - look at the people move about


Really this is not normal to not have a crowd here. All the rain kept people away and it worked out in our favor. By the time we were done with lunch the sun came out!


It's really not Christmas time until I see the big red balls....lol

This was a great display:




The kids are getting a closer look at the ice skaters during lunch:


Inside Tiffany's. Now my sweet little boy went up to his Daddy and said he loved the carpet and would like some for the house. He is gonna make an awesome husband and or interior decorator :)


OK now it wouldn't be fair if I didn't end this with what was a perfect ending to my day. As I said earlier I was having camera problems. For the past 2 days my camera has been dead. Last night when we came home I thought it would have fixed itself but sadly it was still dead. Then magically a brand new camera appeared on my desk. Leave to that husband of mine. I told him I didn't want a new camera 100 times over. I was fine with mine and didn't need an upgrade. So let me just say this - I am sooo glad he didn't listen to me cause this new camera is freakin AMAZING!!!! I love it - thanks babe for, again, doing the complete opposite of what I asked.