I don't know how or why she became obsessed with the Statue of Liberty but this is probably the one thing (at this point of time) that she's really into. She talked incessantly about it before we arrived in NY and wanted to go right up the statue, until I found out that the public cannot climb to the statue's crown or anywhere near the top. The highest one can go is the top of the pedestal, which isn't very high at all. So I managed to convince her that we didn't need to go to liberty island and that the view from the Staten Island ferry (free!) offered the best view. So last Thursday night, we decided to head to the ferry terminal after a late dinner at almost 11pm. We arrived just in time to catch the midnight ferry and headed back to Manhattan on the 1am ferry from Staten. It was a crazy thing to do, with a 4.5 yr old in tow (but this was for her) and by the time we got back to the apartment, it was almost 3 am! The subway was slow and there were diversions due to construction work. Horrible! So here's what Meg's been doing to honor the French made, 93-metre tall symbol of freedom and democracy.
Grandma and Meg peering out into the dark night to see the statue while trying to block reflection off the glass.
We were all trying to stay awake during the 25 minute ferry ride. We hadn't slept long before a very excited Meg started waking everyone up to look at the object of her desire.
You can just make out the statue on the right if you look hard enough!
The zzz monster conquers.
The little rascal even posed for the occasion!
I don't know how or why she became obsessed with the Statue of Liberty but this is probably the one thing (at this point of time) that she's really into. She talked incessantly about it before we arrived in NY and wanted to go right up the statue, until I found out that the public cannot climb to the statue's crown or anywhere near the top. The highest one can go is the top of the pedestal, which isn't very high at all. So I managed to convince her that we didn't need to go to liberty island and that the view from the Staten Island ferry (free!) offered the best view. So last Thursday night, we decided to head to the ferry terminal after a late dinner at almost 11pm. We arrived just in time to catch the midnight ferry and headed back to Manhattan on the 1am ferry from Staten. It was a crazy thing to do, with a 4.5 yr old in tow (but this was for her) and by the time we got back to the apartment, it was almost 3 am! The subway was slow and there were diversions due to construction work. Horrible! So here's what Meg's been doing to honor the French made, 93-metre tall symbol of freedom and democracy.
Grandma and Meg peering out into the dark night to see the statue while trying to block reflection off the glass.
We were all trying to stay awake during the 25 minute ferry ride. We hadn't slept long before a very excited Meg started waking everyone up to look at the object of her desire.
You can just make out the statue on the right if you look hard enough!
The zzz monster conquers.
The little rascal even posed for the occasion!
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