Lego animation & plans

Jackson has been downloading a bunch of apps for animation and special effects. In this short animation and many others, he's been using the camera built into his computer. We had a couple other cameras, but they've broke or no longer work and we should get him a new one.

Both Jackson and Rylee have been planning how to spend their money at the Lego store at the Rockefeller Center. After several of my little "discussions", I think they are finally convinced that there will be many opportunities to buy unique things while we are there, so they are now to the point of telling me their plans to get the unique pieces they can get at the Lego store to build their own, including mini figures, and not the sets they could find anywhere. Apparently, however, there are some sets you can only find at the Lego store. Meanwhile, we also plan to see an exhibit at MOMA on talking electronic gadgets and explore a "lab" in midtown sponsored by Sony.

Now that Cyndi's reunion passed this weekend, she is more excited about our upcoming trip. Once again I have prepared a little itinerary that gets us from our hotel to a few places so we are not lost the first few days. There's a metro station right next to our hotel, which is situated on the Upper West Side, two blocks from the river, three short blocks from Central Park, about equal distance to the natural history museum, and not far from Lincoln Center. I've gotten some good recommendations for family friendly restaurants in our immediate area.

Ariel and Chris will be joining us most of the time, I think, and can help get us around, too. I've mentioned to Jack about chess stops along our outings and Ry about skateboarding. The list goes on and on....