NYC and MoMA

Last weekend we went into New York to visit the MoMA and see Grandpa Jim and Grandma Gail. Sue was doing a MoMA workshop at Eli Whitney Museum summer camp the following (last) week, and we thought it would be more interesting for her if she'd actually been to the museum first.

We had a great time! Although the weather was rainy, everything went incredibly smoothly. We took the Shoreline East train from Branford into New Haven and switched to the Metro North, an easy walk across the platform. Sue really enjoyed the ride, as you can tell in the pictures below.

This was our first trip to MoMA since the renovation. It's so much bigger! But it was fun to see old favorites, like the helicopter, the bicycle stool, French impressionists, Andy Warhol, and Jackson Pollock.

On the way back to Grand Central, we stopped by the American Girl doll store, and the grandparents bought Sue her first American Girl doll (#14, which has hair and eyes similar to Sue's). At the store, a personal shopper was incredibly helpful, because frankly, it was a little overwhelming. Sue was in seventh heaven on the way home, full of modern art and ecstatic about her new doll.