Daddy's Day

This past Saturday we celebrated Father's Day.  A little late I realize, but I was out of town last week so this weekend we celebrated and called it "Daddy's Day."  Brian wanted to go for a hike.  So we rented a zip car and headed out to Staten Island.   Luna and Rachel were so excited to ride in the car.  From the way they were acting you would have thought they never had never been in a car before :)  It was hysterical.  

 We had read about Clay Pit Ponds State Park Reserve and thought it would be a good place to go on a little hike with the girls.  It turned out perfect.  The weather was warm but not too hot and the hike was relatively flat.  The kiddos had a good time but more importantly so did Daddy.  It was nice to get out of the city and away from all the people.  When we first got into the woods both girls were a little on the scared side :) such city kids!  But they soon warmed up to the new environment and love running around.

At the end of the hike we had a picnic lunch at the park.  Here is Daddy and Rachel enjoying their lunches.  We still had some time with the zip car so we decided to check out Staten Island.  

We ended up at the beach.   Here is a picture of Brian and the girls with the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the back ground.  The beach was quiet but no swimming was allowed.  So we just played in the sand and collected rocks.  It was a very relaxing time and completely unexpected.

The girls loved wading into the water and slashing around.  By the end of the afternoon they had a whole collection of rocks and beach glass, a few of them made it back to the apartment.  :)

Happy Father's Day to the best Daddy.  You are a blessing to us and we love you a million, contrillion, three, and zillion and 2 hundred and one.  :)