This past week we had
a sort of déjà vu experience: Julia and Noah visited us in New York for four
days. It was not precisely a repeat of visits from their two older siblings ten
years ago, but it still felt a lot like something we had done before.
Not all six of us
were together the entire time. Barry was away at a meeting in the UK until late
Wednesday evening, so only joined us on Thursday. Aaron was with the children
and me only for Monday, while Dina attended a meeting for educators in
Cedarhurst. Then Dina and I were with the children for Tuesday through
Thursday.
On Monday, Aaron and
I did a few local activities with the Julia and Noah.
On Tuesday, Dina and
I took them to the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey. There was quite a bit
for them to do and they really enjoyed it.
On Wednesday, Dina
and I took Julie and Noah to the Westchester Children’s Museum. It is a
relatively small, modest place but was actually perfect for these little ones,
and they had a great time. To Julia’s right you will see a pink fish on which she wrote her
name, a “prize” for successfully creating a small object that was able to fly
in a wind current.
Then on Thursday,
with Barry back, we headed over to the Bronx Zoo. The weather could not have
been more perfect, but the downside was that the zoo was incredibly crowded
with scores of large camp groups. It was only towards the end of our day, when
we needed to get moving along, that we discovered something we had never visited
while there: The Children’s Zoo. By the time we started having grandchildren spending
time in New York, they had outgrown this. But it turned out to be more much
extensive and delightful than we had ever imagined…a long and winding tour
through an entire section devoted to young animals.
And no such outing
with Sabba is complete without a stop at the Gift Shop!
I even found a video
featuring the children's section on the zoo’s web site.
They say that all good things must come to an end. We hope this was only a beginning of many more fun times in New York with these two little grandchildren!
Love,
Rebecca
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