Day in the City with Gma and Gpa

On Wednesday my Mom and Dad drove down to the city to pick us up and bring us to CT, but not before we spent one more fun-filled day in the big city...

While Anna was getting her yearly hair done at Shizen Japanese Salon in the East Village, Mom, Dad and I took Madison to a local park...

Gma enjoyed pretending to put Madison's hood up while swinging her...

Madison enjoyed it too...

A black squirrel enjoyed the banana peels Gpa threw...

Madison waves to her fans as she waits patiently for Mommy to finish...

She also had time to brush up on her reading...

Mommy in action...

The finished product...A sneak photo of Anna and her new hairdo...After Mommy was done we headed up town to visit the official Santa at Macy's in Herald Square...

The line looked menacingly long, but we were assured it would only take a half hour...it was then I knew that Macy's must have like twenty secret Santa's and I was RIGHT!!!

They really do a great job of hiding it though...first everyone weaves through Santa's Northpole hideout...
Madison was happy to arrive...it wouldn't last :-)

We weaved through elaborately decorated trees and even Santa's sleigh...

Then it was time to be ushered into our stable like horses getting in the gate...it was smoothly done, not a hint of all the other Santa's that encircled us as we prepared to meet our big red guy...

All it took was one glimpse and even sitting on my lap Madison was a goner...this probably violates some sort of copyright laws, but you pay so much for the pictures we just have to share Madison's first official visit to Santa...
And the aftermath...

Scarred for life...I'm certain!!

After her visit to Santa Madison was ready to say goodbye to NYC...

So we hit the train back to Sunnyside where Gma and Gpa had parked...

And it was off to CT for more Christmas fun!!