Continuing our exploring - with a bit of help

David took the day off so we had a day all together in the city. Mr. 6 was up bright and early as always so we left Mr. 0 and the sleeping Mr. 2 and Mr. 8 with Daddy and headed out in search of breakfast. We walked two blocks over into Hells Kitchen and found a great little bakery and corner grocery and brought back an assortment of fresh breads, fruit, yogurt, cheese, and juice (and a really amazinf coffee but I only shared that with David). Hells Kitchen looks surprisingly like Brooklyn and it made me nostalgic for our visits to Park Slope of long ago.

After breakfast we headed to the Met. The boys voted for Medieval Art (yeah homeschooling) and the collection the Met has is amazing. After spending some time looking at the armor and swords, Mr. 6 discovered the guns and would happily have spent much more time there if not for needing a bathroom for Mr. 2 and a spot to feed Mr. 0. We ended the visit in the 19th century European painitings. The boys really wanted to go to Central Park but humored my request and actually seemed to enjoy it. Mr. 8 especially liked Picasso and the two paintings from his "Blue" period. He spent dinner readind about Picasso on my phone (we love Wikipedia). Then it was out to Central Park where there were great adventures in many lands and times. Mr. 2 loves being a part of the brother adventures and kept running over to tell us what the brothers were doing.

We walked all the way back to our hotel, stopping to watch the remote control sailboats (Mr. 6 wants one for Christmas), fill our pockets witn rocks (Mr. 2 must have gained 10 lbs), pretend we were in our own adventure game (Mr. 8 wrote rules on the notepad from the hotel), and slowly meander through a gorgeous fall day.

We're headed home, likely to arrive after midnight with no place we have to go tomorrow. We have questions to answer (how exactly was Central Park made) and school to do but it was great to have a break. Poor Mr. 0 - he's joined quite a crazy clan. Luckily (for all of us) he seems to take it all in stride.

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