Camp Miksic

back to nyc

so we spent another weekend down in NYC. this time for Freya's birthday. she's 6 now!!! i simply can't believe it. her hands used to be so small and as we walked with brian, gunnar and ferris to catch the subway i thought about how big her hand felt in mine.
it was a quick visit, but we managed to pack a lot of action in.
Saturday morning we woke up and took buster to the dog park for his very first time. it probably sounds ridiculous to say, "the look on his face..." BUT the look on his face was priceless! pure ecstasy. an open run of land with 20 or 30 dogs running free. i'm not sure that i've ever seen our dog so happy. he simply ran and ran and followed the other dogs around. it felt great to be there. just like we used to do with george (may he rest in piece).
it was a gorgeous day. maybe in the 60s and sunny. incredible. i know i say it all the time. i LOVE the city.
this was a second trip for ferris, but he was so much more alert and aware of everything. he didn't sleep all day. the subway, the trains, the dogs, he people....everything! he was simply fascinated by it all. never scared, just fascinated. Every time someone talked to him he'd smile with his wrinkled nose and start babbling.
the faces must have been so interesting, too. MA is very, uh, vanilla. this was the first time he's been surrounded by other ethnicities. it doesn't get much more diverse than a mahattan bound subway car. ferris even witnessed his first typical-homeless-crazy-person-damning-us-all-to-hell, a loud disheveled black man warning us of the end....you know, "the end". this is a ho-hum, dime a dozen event in the city, but something you never see in small town massachusetts...unless you attend some of the churches, i guess.
We picked gunnar and freya up from ANOTHER b-day party and grabbed a quick slice of pizza before heading to freya's karate festivities. the kids had a blast and ferris managed to catch a quick nap amidst all the excitement.
i'm a little scared that i'll blink and ferris will suddenly be grown up. he so much fun right now...not that he won't be when he's older, but i don't want it to move so quickly.

posted by Editor @ 9:40 AM