Marty really wanted to go out to breakfast one morning, which takes some coordinating to get everyone up and out the door early enough to get to our next activity on time.
We'd bought breakfast fixins so that our mornings could be more leisurely,
but I have to say, there's something really great about sitting together at a restaurant.
Everyone is actually present and I'm so glad we did it because the boys are really fun and funny when they're together.
Courtney introduced us to a super fun new version of Escape Room --
"Beat the Bomb" in Brooklyn.
It's more of a video game format and everyone works together.
It was sooo fun and I'd definitely do it again and again if we had one in Utah.
You wear hazmat suits because if you don't beat the timer on the last mission,
you get paint splattered!
She and Michael had done it before, so they watched Emi so the rest of us could go play.
After Beat the Bomb, we ate ice cream under the backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge
while we waited for the ferry back to Manhattan,
(not shown here: the confusion in buying tickets and figuring out the ferry schedule even though it was listed on the gates. But we figured it out!)
...then Nick took us to Di Fara Pizza with top reviews from a TikTok pizza guy--
Dave Portnoy Bar Stool Sports.
We concur, it was delicious! (And plenty of seating on the main level and upstairs!)
Garlic knots were soft and needed just a little bit of salt to be perfect.
Courtney had her first solo trip with a baby, on the subway and through the packed streets to meet us in SoHo where we did some Black Friday shopping. She did great! (And so did Emi!)
We divided and conquered --
Marty & Lizzie to Vuori; Mom & Courtney to Aritzia; Nick & Chris to the Nike store;
Dad & Emi to cupcakes, then the park and even walked to Little Italy to see the lights
while Emi had a little nap.
Then Mom, Lizzie & Courtney shopped for a new jacket for Lizzie so she could match Emi (and Courtney); Marty & Nicholas to Uniqlo; Chris traveled 90 minutes home and back to meet us again so he could catch a 20 minute nap.
Dinner near Bryant Park at Burgers & Lobster, a restaurant all the Chatham guys like to go to in New York. Burgers and lobster, what's not to like?
Then up and down the worlds longest elevator (not sure if this is an accurate fact),
from the subway to Hudson Yards.
Views of Manhattan from The Edge (at Hudson Yards).
Neither me nor Rhonda could stand on the glass.
But everyone else did it.
The glass walls angle out and yes, they're freaky.
Courtney convinced the boys to lean against them for the photo.
Plenty of great views with solid ground under you.
When we came back home I overheard Dan telling the conceirge,
"This is my whole family! We're all together!"
It's so fun having all the kids in the same place at once, of course we want to share it with everyone!
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