NYC - day 2

So, this morning, we were rudely awakened by dear old A, who threw open the curtains to "check to see if it was sunny". The morning kinda went downhill from there - our children do not do well with being present in small contained spaces like hotel rooms. Every 3 minutes devolved into some kind of crying jag or screaming match. And every discussion resulted in an argument - you would never think that pressing the elevator button was such a CRUCIAL activity.

So, around 11, we took the bus to the city, then walked the 7-8 blocks over to the Circle Line. I made an erroneous decision that we should eat before boarding the boat, since the cruise would be 2 or 3 hours. So we ate a slice at some crappy diner and moved on. But the Circle Line was lots of fun I'm happy to say.

Then back to Times Square because A has been asking every 10 minutes for the past 24 hours if she can please have some M&M's. So we went to the damned M&M Store. I spent $19.52 on what amounted to less than 1 lb of M&M's. This same quantity would cost, oh, less than $5 @ Wal-Mart? Swear to god.

Now, we're resting up and absorbing as much HBO as possible (we don't have it @ home) before joining JB's family for dinner.