Boys' Day Out

Alicia has taken off for the weekend, so Kyan and I have three days together. Yesterday, we thought we'd make the most of it, despite the cold. It was actually a pretty nice day. It was about -5, but with not much wind, so we thought we'd get out and about.

We stayed at home in the morning playing games, reading some books and watching a little bit of The Wiggles. It was fun to spend some time together.

We headed off to Chinatown for lunch; it's our newest discovery in New York. The food's great, and cheap, and it's only one subway stop away on the D Line. Kyan loves his rice, so he had plenty of it. He also shared my noodles while I enjoyed a Tsingtao; something I'll have to seek out, quite pleasant.

After that, we headed up to Central Park to have a bit of a look around. It was much quieter than the other times we've been there. We hadn't been in a while, mainly because the weather's not exactly as pleasant as it was when we got here in September. We ended up going to the lake where you can hire a rowboat in the warmer months. There wouldn't be much point now, unless those boats had wheels. The lake was totally frozen over. I read about it in the paper the other day, but to see the entire lake frozen was pretty impressive. I wanted to go walking on it, but I'm sure that wouldn't have been a good idea! On our way home, we went past a playground, and Kyan just had to have a play on the slides. So even though the playground was completely empty of people, we went and played on the slides. He had fun anyway, and burned off a bit of energy. Kyan slept for about 15 hours last night, so he must have been pretty tired at the end of all that.

So today (Saturday), we'll have a quiet day at home, playing with trains, reading the New York Times, and drinking coffee. It's a beautiful day outside; not a cloud in the sky and it's even forecast to get above zero this afternoon. We'll probably go out tomorrow; we just don't know what to do yet. We might just do something quiet like head up to the shops, or maybe something a bit more interesting, like go to a museum, or take the Staten Island Ferry and see 'the green lady.' Who knows? That's one of the best things about New York - you're never spoilt for choice.