Thursday, May 2, 2019

NYC Day 2



Part 2:Empire State Building and saw most of NYC! I felt like I was a bird! Seriously! We were 87 flights up! OH and you don't just use a regular old elevator, use the EXPRESS ELEVATOR!!!! It goes super fast, and super high! On the ceiling of the elevator, there  is basically a movie going on up there. You see the picture where I'm looking through the binoculars? Well, I saw Lady Liberty! She was super cool! But then, I saw nothing. That is because a man decided to stand right in front of my binoculars! I don't think he did that on purpose though.( But, still:( When we were done with the ESB (Empire State Building), we took a little green screen of the ESB at night. Looks real, huh? Yes! I thought so too! Our next fun destination that will be walking to is.....  THE COOL COLOR FACTORY!!!!!!!                                                                                                                                                     





















Oh, I almost forgot! On the way there, we saw a little movie being shot! It had a mouse as a part, and it was rolling around in the street. It was so cute. I wonder what movie or commercial they were making?                                                                                                                                                      


This was my first actual subway ride in NYC. Spring Street is in the Lower East Side. 

I rode with my little cousins. The subway went fast, and there were a lot of stops. 






















Enjoyed a lovely chat with the NYPD. New York Police Department.
Meet Steve. Steve is a 3 year old explosive detection canine.
All K-9 unit dogs are named after a fallen NYPD officer.
There are 150 service dogs.
There are over 40,000 NYPD Officers.
Steve trained for a year at the University of Auburn.
The NYPD officer trained with Steve at U of Auburn for an additional 10 weeks.
Steve lives with the officer.

Something cool about the NYPD is that they explained everything about what they do and cool facts about themselves. My mother wanted me to take a picture with the police officer. He even let me get on his motorcycle.


This was as close as we could get to the Statue of Liberty. 
When we arrived at the Color Factory, there were little stations and rooms that would teach you about colors and artists. Each room had a different theme. My favorite rooms were the ball pit, the balloon area, and xylophone room. They also had a coloring room. You had to go into a room with a partner. You had a glass wall separating the two of you, and a small dome so you could trade cards after you were finished coloring the person. The purpose of this room was to teach New Yorkers how to be still and focus on people around them. I had to draw my mom, and my mom drew me.




This is the ball pit. My uncle lost his phone, and everyone in the whole room was told to be quiet by the workers. I heard the ring when he was pinging his phone. Once he pulled his phone out of the humungous ball pit, everyone was cheering and clapping. 





















This balloon has a quote from the famous artist Picasso. "When I haven't any blue I use Red". I think there are a few meanings to this. When I am sad, I look for the happy in life. I also think he is being a problem solver.




This is my moms first NYC restaurant she went to on her first NYC trip when she was a kid. It is called Sardi's. I thought it was cool because I got to go where my mom went. There was all types of weird food that I had never tried before, like cold soup called gazpacho. My Aunt thought it was delicious, but I thought it was completely disgusting. 



After dinner, we went to go see a Broadway play called Frozen. It is based on the movie Frozen, but there were a ton of new songs and scenes. My Aunt is friends with a broadway performer, so we were able to go backstage and on stage to meet Sven and the other characters. I was able to get three autographs. One from Olaf, Sven, and Christof. My favorite part of the musical was the new German song "Hygge". It is so funny. 




Me onstage, and meeting Sven. It was one of the best times in my life. He told me how he had to walk, sit, and wiggle his ears in the reindeer costume. It is very hard to be Sven. He uses arm stilts, and is on his back tip toes. It is like he is in a forward plank for hours. There are two times in the show he gets a break and they put air conditioning tube in his costume, but it is only for a short time. He said it took weeks to learn just how to walk. He must be very strong to have all their weight put on their hands and feet. 


This is the tiny hole where the most magical Elsa costume change happens. It makes me want to watch the movie Frozen again. There are two men that stand under the stage right where that hole is. They pull Elsa's cloak with all their might to have the dress disappear in two seconds flat. The dress has magnets on the sleeves. She appears in a beautiful sparkly silver dress, and it was even better than the movie. If you even go to NYC, make sure you go see a play. It will blow your mind.


World Trade Center Memorial


9/11
While we were visiting, we saw where the twin towers once stood. The twin towers are replaced by two beautiful memorial fountains. Around the fountain you can see all the names of the people who passed away during 9/11. I saw a man and a woman with a strip of white paper. They covered their loved one's name, and shaded it with a black crayon. This made a print of the name so they could keep it with them forever. 
When I saw this, I felt sad because so many people died. Even through the sadness and hurt, new Yorkers pushed out of gloominess and stayed optimistic. In place of the twin towers, there is now 5 skyscrapers, the Oculus,  The September 11th Memorial and the World Trade Center Museum.   Another cool fact I learned in NYC is the USS NY LPD21 SHIP and a cross was built out of the steel from the twin towers.
Something I learned when I was there, is that there was a church called St. Paul's Chapel. During this disaster, not one single thing happened to this blessed church. Everything around the church was destroyed, but not a single window on the church was cracked. So thats good!

9/11 was a very scary time, but I'm glad to NYC has found hope. 

Saturday, April 27, 2019

New York Day 1

New York Day 1:
Hi guys! And you're probably wondering, what is she doing right in front of a random desk? Well, I am at an airport going toooooo, drumroll please! No drumroll? Okay... if you said, or guessed NYC....
YOU ARE CORRECT!!!
Yes, New York City!  Shoutout to Delta airlines! Woo!
OHMYGOSH!! Did I tell you that we were COMPLETELY RUSHED?? We were. My brother forgot his school iPad and it was on the table RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE, he was also late to school, our flight got delayed and we were getting an Uber, then we saw the same EXACT CAR and told the man that he was on our street but he really wasn't so he kept turning in circles. AND THEN THE WORST POSSIBLE THING IN THE WHOLE INTIRE WORLD (not in the whole entire world...)  our plane flight got changed BACK to its original time, 9:53 a.m. ugh...   Long story short, we made it to the plane! Phew.

Ahhhh! there is nothing better than GoldFish, Hershey Chex Mix and carrot sticks to last you a 3 and a half hour ride. To me, the flight was long, bumpy and made my ears hurt. On the airplane, I could watch a movie - Ralph Breaks the internet. I thought it was so cool to see the destination on the screen. I didn't have to ask my mom how much longer - I just looked at the screen. Well, I should have annoyed her asking,"How much longer?" Isn't that what kids are for?

Once I got to the hotel, I thought, 'wow this place is amazing'. The lady at the front desk was very nice and every time I walked past her, she gave me a chocolate pretzel! The rooms were amazing and there was a remote and the remote controlled what color the room was! And of course, someone was afraid of the dark (me) so we kept it on all night. speaking of night, I had a dream the night we got there. To you this dream will sound kind of weird, (please don't laugh:) but it was about me going to my favorite place formally known as StarBucks. I went there with $100, and bought a lot of Lemon bread to give to homeless people because in NYC, unfortunately there is a lot, a lot ,a lot of homeless people.

Anyway, as soon as we got checked in I went to go see my cousins with my aunt. Everley ( 3rd pic left ) who is 3 years old, and Eli ( 5th pic one with yellow sunglasses and blue jacket ) who is 4. They were "taking naps" when I walked in. They were super exited to see me ( I think:) and when we turned on the lights, they were bouncing off the walls. 2 hours later, (it felt like it) we got them dressed and we decided to go on the Ferry! The Ferry is a boat that goes one place to another every 20 minutes over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. In case you're wondering, the two places the Ferry goes is NYC and New Jersey.

One of my favorite things was seeing my mom and dads old apartment. I could only see from the outside, but from what I saw, it looked really pretty. The warm lights shining through the windows made it look really cozy and sweet. I really wish I could live there someday. 

Later that night, we went to Times Square. My dad worked at Ernst & Young in NYC, so I was able to see his office building. It was really fancy, and I went through the revolving doors and pretended I was going to work like him. 

We went shopping until 10pm! My mom never lets me stay up that late. My Gigi gave me birthday money $100 to spend in NYC. The first store we went to was H&M. As soon as we walked in, I had my eyes set on a beautiful pair of sunglasses. These sunglasses looked like something a famous person would wear.  And just my luck, they were only $10.  I guess it was just a special night for me.   











Thursday, July 27, 2017

Braces!

Hi everyone, its Aslynn and I'm going to tell you about getting my braces!
Okay they had to put a mouth guard in my mouth so I wouldn't  get saliva all over the glue to keep my braces in place. Your teeth are a little tender after you get them but after a few days it feels like you got them last year! ( that means you got comfortable with them. ) My orthodontist Dr. Jameson is my moms friend. Now I have braces on the top and bottom.  I got my bottom braces off but my shark tooth won't stay up front! So I got bottom braces back on! I call it the SST - stubborn shark tooth. I hope I only have these on for just a couple weeks!

 

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Dragon Soccer Camp

Hi guys today I'm going to tell you about my soccer camp! 
Hud and I went to soccer camp and I joined a new soccer team called Solar.  We did warm ups even though it was pretty warm out side already. We did sol - rolls and tic-tocks and all sorts of fun games like that. My favorite game I did was sharks and minnows. They made me improve tons!

 

4th of July 🇺🇸


Hi everyone! It's Aslynn and I'm going to tell you about my 4th of July. Okay I'm on my giant duck float with my Mimi (who is a scaredy cat) and my brother Hudson (who is a daredevil on the duck.) And I am wobbling the duck side to side to see two things , one if Hudson will stand up, and if Mimi will give up her sunshades and fall off. Fortunately, she did give up her sunshades and fell off. Hahaha! 


This is me chilling in the pool eating homemade ice cream that I made with my Mimi and Pa. Oops! Maybe I spilt some in the pool, but maybe I didn't! 


 

 
Meet my new neighbor Thomas. we did fire works together. he said he could hear the fireworks, so he came over.