Pure Bliss

Phil and I went to NY this week... he for work and me for fun. It was such a blast as I am obsessed with NY to put it mildly... we ate at the new hotspot Beauty and Essex... so NY, I LOVED it (you literally had to walk through a pawn shop to get into the club/restaurant and it was PACKED) and Tartine, my second fav as I am head over heels about anything in Greenwich village. We stayed at the Waldorf which had the best room service any girl could hope for and after shopping in the Meat packing district (which I LOVE) and eating at Pastis, I hit up none other than 5th Avenue. I shopped with my new bff Carrie Underwood at bloomies (literally met her, talked to her and shopped with her for about 5 minutes... and it was a pretty unbelievable 5 minutes as she is super cool and so down to earth). I am definitely a new Carrie fan... just wish I had her bank account!! Then I hit up FAO Schwartz which was so so fun (but which I had to get out of quickly as I could do some serious damage in there buying toys for the boys and candy for me.. but I did manage to buy a ball for Parker (his new favorite obsession) and a Toy Story Woody guitar for Philip so he can play music while he sings his new favorite song "You got a friend in me" over and over and over- still dont know where these kids get their obsessive behavior from?! Ha!) and after walking in central park, I went to the Plaza where the entry was full of the most AMAZING PINK ROSES... of course, my all time FAVORITE!! I love the fact that there is literally a Starbucks on every corner which was always the perfect mid-morning or mid-afternoon pick me up and the people watching in the city is just so amazing. I even convinced Phil to take me into none other than the fabulous Manolo store which is a little piece of heaven to my shoe-aholic self!! Did I mention how much I love NY??!! Anyways, it was so nice to have a little mommy mini vaca to recharge my mommy battery and the boys had a blast with their Gigi and Papa Doc. Let's just say I am pretty sure they got to eat whatever they wanted whenever they wanted and didn't have to go to bed if they didn't want to... do you see a common theme here?! Philip loved telling me all about his fun week and how he got to see his grandmommie and granddaddy, throw rocks in their creek and of course his favorite having dinner and ice cream at "the club." Grandparents house = pure bliss! NY for mommy = pure bliss!! What can we say... it was a pretty perfect week!! Thank you so much Gigi and Papa Doc... we love yall and can't thank yall enough for all your love and amazing help!! And thank you so much to my amazing hubby for letting me tag along... I love you more than words!! Now we are home... and it's back to reality!!!

Amazing candy selection

at FAO Schwartz