New York, New York....

So after a nice long visit in the Mid-West we headed out East for our 3rd stop on the Lisi US Summer Tour 2009. It is interesting how things in the Mid-West move so calm and slow and the minute you step onto New York soil we were off and running. We landed in Westchester on Tuesday night and had one week to enjoy all things NY. Wednesday was a crazy day of going from doctor to dentist to doctor to catch up on our annual check-ups. After all the business was taken care of we headed to the Briarcliff town pool! Boy was it great to be back to a place that feels so comfortable to all of us. I had sent out a late notice e-mail to many of our friends that we would be at the pool that afternoon and we were so touched that so many people were able to come and join us for a little swim (well play - it was a little cool and rainy)and some pizza. The kids were so excited to see their old pals and it was so nice to catch up a little on life at home. We wished we could have stayed longer, but I am afraid I just might have decided to hide in Elizabeth's basement instead of getting on the flight back to China. Maybe it was too early to come home?? It was so hard to see our house with someone else living in it(our course it looked great - in fact I think the yard is better now than when we were there)! We saw Daphne (our cat) walking in the neighbor's yard and I tried to call her over to pet her and she ran from me like a stranger. We needed to make the visit short for everyone's sake - so we cherished the one day spent with our wonderful friends and look forward to next year! Thanks to all!

Nicholas got to spend the night with his best friend in the whole world Patrick and is still talking about how much fun he had!! Thanks Patrick - for the great memories!

Once again Thursday morning we were off and running out to East Hampton to enjoy some great time with Mark's family at the beach. We had a great time just relaxing with Uncle Ben, Ashley, Uncle Andrew and Grandma and Pop. The weather was great, the sand was beautiful, and the sea was fun for all. This was Kyle's first trip to the beach and he seemed pretty comfortable playing, crawling and eating the sand.

 

Nicholas and Ian had a great time using the new boogie boards that Aunt Margaret restocked the house with!

We spent our mornings feeding ducks bread and feeding ourselves Dreesen's donuts. Afternoons at the beach or playing Putt-Putt golf (where Mark got a hole in one on the last hole and earned himself a free round for next summer) and nights toasting marshmallows and doing sparklers. It was a great way to spend our last few days in the US and we had a very tearful drive back to Westchester counting down the hours until we boarded that plane back to our new life. Thank you to Grandma and Pop, Uncle Ben and Ashley, and Uncle Andrew who made our last few days on American soil so special! Good Bye Summer - Good Bye East Hampton until we meet again next summer!