Proud to be an American

Last week we went to New York for the weekend.  

Jace had to take a test down in the city so the girls and 

I decided to tag along.  When I told Georgia we were going

I said what do you want to do when we go there, thinking she would 

say go to the park or the zoo or the toy store's but she quickly 

replied " Mom lets go to the statue of liberty."

She has learned about the statue from a few different things like 

books, puzzles, little Einstein's T.V.  show and when 

ever she see's a picture of it she gets so excited.  So I told her 

we would do that when we were there. Then every day
probably 3 or 4 times a day G would ask if we were going to
New York City today, and 

every time I would tell her no not today she would say

" ahhhhhhh MMMMOOOOMMMM"

She was so excited to go when we were packing the car to 

go down she said to me 

"Mom thanks so much for taking me to New York City I'm so 

excited to see the statue of liberty"

then the whole way down probably 50+ times she said to Jace 

and I  "I'm so excited to go to the statue of liberty."

So the day after we got there we went.  When G first saw it 

she started jumping up and down yelling "it's the statue of liberty."

We waited in the line for about 2 hours in the blistering 

heat and humidity.  We also had to listen to Millie cry for the last

hour of the line because she was so hot and miserable. But once we 

got on the ferry it cooled down with the wind and Millie finally fell 

asleep.   We got to the statue and walked around and took pictures.

I told J.C. every time I there I get teary because I think about what

that statue means to our country and it makes my heart happy.

Also I think about all the men and woman fighting for our 

freedom and I am always so grateful that we live in the USA. 

On the ferry ride out Georgia couldn't keep her 

eyes off the statue she was so excited to finally be getting there

 1st timers... Jace & Georgia had never been there so 

both were excited to see her up close.

 Family Pic with the statue

Lady liberty herself

 Millie and me in front of the new world trade center.

 Going to the statue was a dream come true for Georgia

she still hasn't stopped talking about it.  And she keeps saying to us 

" I have an idea next time we go to New York City 

we can go to the statue of liberty again, that would soooo be fun"

I love that my little girl loves the statue and can't wait for

her to really understand how much that means to our country.