I looked at Daddy and said, "I'm taking them to New York City."
The girls have been talking about going to New York City for a while. They were enchanted by the TV shows set in New York City, especially Gossip Girl. A trip to New York City from Chicago is easy. There are dozens of flights every day. There are thousands of hotel rooms.
I emailed friends and relatives in NYC. I told the girls to decide what they wanted to do. I booked our girls' Spring Break trip.
Daddy wasn't a big NYC fan. The thought of spending a week's vacation wandering around to Gossip Girls' filming sites or shopping boutiques or visiting Times Square wasn't really how he wanted to spend a week's vacation. He stayed home with Holly.
We spent six days calling the smallest hotel room we've ever seen our NYC home base. The location was terrific, which made up for the hotel itself.
We did so much stuff. We took a carriage ride through Central Park. We walked the High Line. We went people watching in Times Square. We had fun dinners with friends and relatives. We shopped SoHo. We ate at Fraunces Tavern, where George Washington also ate. We visited Alexander Hamilton's grave at Trinity Episcopal Church. We paid our respects at the September 11 Memorial. We saw Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. We ate rice pudding for dinner. We went to a taping of the Kelly and Ryan show. We took a bout tour around the Statue of Liberty. We walked through the New York City Public Library. We stared at the Vessel in Hudson Yards. We took public transportation everywhere.
It was an exciting and exhausting Spring Break. The girls had photos and stories for days. Our last minute adventure created a lifetime of memories.