The Pabst's Playground

Kai and Maya did so good on the plane ride to Washington. Kai had us all laughing when he put on the airline earphones and listened to the complimentary showing of "the Break-up". He just kept looking at us and smiled and then turned back to watch the movie. I guess he has a crush on Jenifer Aniston....can you blame him?Maya's favorite part of the trip to New york was the huge castle of toys known as FAO SCHWARTZ. I almost hit the floor when she said to me, after playing there for almost an hour, "mom, I wonder if Santa knows about this place?" She really loved the huge piano from "BIG". Here she is doing her own rendition of CHopsticks. We had to explain to her that the piano is too big for Santa's sled. More like the 25grand price tag was a bit to big for his budget this year.

One of our favorite spots was the fireman museum built in honor of 9/11. we talked with the firemen there for a while and they ended up giving us the exlusive directions to the uniform shop for the New York CIty's finest. Since Anthony had his firefighter id we were able to go there the next morning and blow our souvenir budget on the real sweatshirts and hats. It was worth it to have the real thing. No cheesy nock-offs for the Pabst's. Maya could have cared less about her sweatshirt after she saw the curious george doll. It was the best combo ever for her. nothing better than her hero firefighter daddy and her favorite monkey.