Lower Manhattan

After all the city tourism trips we took in Europe Kate and I decided to continue the fun here in the States with the understanding that our new city trips would be limited to the five boroughs. One such jaunt took place this past weekend in lower Manhattan, home of Battery Park, Wall St., Chinatown, and a free museum on Native Americans. 

After waving at Lady Liberty at Battery Park, Elizabeth and Henry listened to this nice man with the pumpkin hat sing funny songs about people as they walked by. (Entertaining for adults too.)

Henry was enamored by the dancing fountain.

Elizabeth and Henry both liked the Native American museum. In addition to this really great teepee, they had a bison fur that Henry loved (and hugged a little too much) and a movie about the Native Olympics, which included seal skinning (just as gross to watch as it sounds).

These are the best two shots of Elizabeth and the Wall St. bull.

Henry was jealous of all the Elizabeth shots, so he had to cheese it up a bit outside the Stock Exchange.

Finally, we got a bucketful of dumplings in Chinatown. We took our food to go because there was live traditional Chinese music in a nearby park. Afterward, Kate and I both agreed that we prefer Western music.

We finished the day with a sprinkler dash at the playground. It may not be London, Paris, or Rome, but it's a fun city we live in ... and we're glad we get to explore it!