Visiting the Intrepid

Visiting the Intrepid

Our trip to the West Side during Fleet Week got the kids interested in the Intrepid Museum so we came back to visit it officially with the kids.

Of course we had to go see the spaceship (although I think they were less wow-ed after having visited Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral).

By far the coolest part I think was learning about life aboard a submarine and getting to go inside a real submarine!

Nearly peed in my pants taking this video, so glad I had the camera rolling… Chloe cracks me up!
Fleet Week

Fleet Week

We were inspired by the wonderful weather and decided to ride our bicycles across the Brooklyn Bridge and catch the ferry up to Midtown West and check out the boats docked up for Fleet Week. We visited the High Line and Little Island on our way home. Total 10 miles on the bicycles for these kids! BRAVO!!

Chloe’s First Ballet Recital

Chloe’s First Ballet Recital

(Chloe is the left most dancer of the first three girls that enters the stage.)

Thank you to all the friends and family that joined us at the recital today (sorry next time I must take more pictures of everyone!!). XOXO

Last day in Melbourne

Last day in Melbourne

Time to satisfy the kids cravings for Asian dumplings!

Scallion pancakes were unfortunate lol
And xiao long bao which I realized I didn’t take a solo picture of!
Kids pretending to be terracotta soldiers

And back at the hotel before we shower and board our flight back home to NYC. See you soon!

Puffing Billy Railway

Puffing Billy Railway

We started heading back to Melbourne and made a detour to hit some playgrounds, pick up a pizza and board Puffing Billy.

Puffing Billy is an hour outside Melbourne but I had never heard of a train where you can sit on the side ledges with your legs dangling out!

There was a miniature railway display at Lakeside. Nothing miniature about the display though – it was huge!

We had dinner at St Kilda’s Beach and watched the sunset on our last night in Australia. What a trip!

Tassie (Tasmanian) oysters!
Cruise tour of Southern Wilson Prom

Cruise tour of Southern Wilson Prom

What an amazing opportunity to see the coastline as well as all the animals among the islands. Totally recommend, especially in the afternoon sun. What an awesome way to end our time at the Prom!
Have you ever seen a boat with wheels?!?! Now you have!
And when the skipper said front seats are the rockiest and for adventurers, where do you think our kids sat? Yup. Front row. Flying and crashing over the waves like a rollercoaster. And they loved every minute of it!
Oberon Bay
Cascade waterfall
South Point (Tasmania waters ahead)
Seals playing
Two seals on their own sunning it up
And this was close enough for me… the SMELL!!!
Skull rock
Look at the colors and how smooth the rock is…
Saw some giant tuna jumping in the waters – did you see the two I caught on video? I slowed it down… don’t blink!