Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty

This past weekend we headed out for another adventure to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. It was such a beautiful day, perfect for site seeing and a ton of walking. We parked at Liberty State Park in NJ and took the fairy over to Ellis Island. Here is a pic of Jeremy with NYC in the background.

The Registry Room

Beautiful ceilings

Look at the cheap prices!

An old cash register

This was a word tree that listed words we use in the US and what country they came from. Here is a close up pic so you can see some of the words.

Kylee and Jeremy in front of the Lower Manhattan skyline.

The Statue of Liberty!!!

Kylee was such a trooper. She sat in her stroller most of the time and even slept!

We took another fairy over to Liberty Island. There is Lady Liberty!

Jeremy hiked all the way up to the crown!! It was 21 flights up a narrow, spiral starecase. I only made it to the base of the statue where the museum was. Honestly my back and feet were killing me and I didn't want to put myself in pre-term labor. Good thing he took some pics of his view.

View from the top!

This is the original torch!

This was as close as I got to the crown :)

To finish off our day we headed to Hoboken, NJ to get lunch at our favorite little Cuban restaurant, La Isla. Their Cuban sandwiches are amazing!!! But the restaurant is a little whole in the wall and not really kid friendly, so we got our sandwiches to go and got a table at Johnny Rockets. A little ghetto to bring our own food, but we did order a kids meal for Kylee, a chocolate shake and some fries. That's not so bad, is it?

After lunch everyone was satisfied :)

my two favorite people!

Jeremy had aranged some friends to come over later that night for cake and ice-cream to celebrate my birthday. We didn't end up getting home until right before the party started and we were all exhausted so I don't look really great, but it was fun to visit with our friends. Jeremy made me a chocolate oreo cake with mint ice-cream! It was deliscious! Thanks Jeremy for planning such an amazing day!!! I had so much fun and will remember this b-day forever!!! I love you :)