New York, New York!

I am in NYC today.  I am in a hotel room with 5 children waiting to get the car and head out.  It is 2pm, time for the Wednesday matinee's to start. I heard The Phantom of the Opera opening music start up through our wall.  Upon further investigation I found out that the hotel shares a wall with the Majestic theatre, which has been home to The Phantom of the Opera for 22 years.  Absolute joy to hear live broadway music for free in my hotel room with 5 children.  Phantom was the first show I ever saw.  I hope to come back one day and see it again.
We arrived in the city last night around 6pm, a few hours later than expected.  We had planned to watch the lighting of the rockefeller center tree live.  We got there way too late and the crowds were out of control.  We had two double jogging strollers pushing through the not-so-stroller-friendly-crowds.  I still loved every minute of it.  We had delicious pizza and then went in search of a cupcake place I found when I was here in July.  We could not find it, instead we found the M&M store, Batman (literally a guy walking around as batman), and the Macy's Christmas window displays. Magic.   All of it.
This morning we woke up to pouring rain and gusts of wind.  We bundled up to head over to Radio City Music Hall to see the Christmas Spectacular, which lives up to its name.  By the time we arrived Lilly and I were drenched, making for the perfect opportunity to buy some Rockette shirts.  Jack and Lilly did really well for the first 45 minutes, it just went downhill after that.  All in all I loved the show, even with a screaming baby it was a good time.  Note to self - dont try a full length broadway show with children anytime soon,.
We are headed home with another wonderful NY adventure behind us.