march's month in pictures

first week of work and i am very very tired. waking up is hard to do when you have slept in as long as i had!

on the bright side i had some beautiful flowers blooming in celebration of spring!

it was a very nerve wracking week until i got some great news! i passed the CRNE! found out on the monday. so glad i don't have to worry about that dreaded exam ever again!

i then could look outside and appreciate the little things like beautiful sunsets!

mark's parents gave me celebratory flowers in honour of my passing grade. they said (like many others) that they knew i would pass...too bad i couldn't share their sentiment as i cried in happiness when mark opened the mail and told me (over the phone...in the work parking lot).

then it snowed....hard. so hard that we now have the biggest record for the amount of cars piled up on the q.e. 2. sigh. i was glad it was a no work day for me!

i had dinner with my favourite ladies at famoso pizza....yummy caprese. my fav!

smile!

in nyc! love love love this city. with a huge mix up in the airport our parents finally caught up with us at the apartment and we had a quick late night stop at a pizza place. yummers!

mark and dad checking out the sites from our apartment window. so happy with our place as we were just a few blocks off time square and right by restaurant row. so many great food choices!

our first day began with a walking tour around new york city lead by ourselves. we started from our place to times square, empire state, zipped to macys, city hall, nyse, battery park and up towards the 9-11 memorial. a subway ride back was in order!

one of our stops for lunch in washington state park (by NYU).

having a little fun on our jaunt

hello empire state building!

the bull from bowling green which became a big joke as we couldn't for the life find it. but alas we did and dad told us the story of the bulls vs. the bears

world trade center building (7). when i last visited there was nothing so it is interesting to see it built.

times square in all its glory. so fun!

the next day i made my parents go to fao schwartz because i do believe it is one of the funniest stores  around. and mom and i got our fortunes from zoltar (the fortune teller from big)

eerie and surprising the fortunes were quite realistic to us.

we then made our next walk to central park to see alice, watch people sail remote control boats, and visit the met.

it was still slightly cooler than i was used to although it was warmer here than my neck of the woods. 

and spring was making an appearance!

jersey boys was that night which i loved loved loved. but really who doesn't love a musical (unless your name is mark) 

on day three we checked out the united nations. i think one of the favs for my mom and mark

mine was the red velvet cupcake i found on the way at the grand central station market

remember this. well attempt two happened again! this time we ordered just one frozen hot chocolate and the outrageous banana split and a blackout broadway fudgy surprise! this was dinner!

we finished it!

a fun museum in its own right. the natural history museum had tons of fun things to read and look at! this was day 4!

loved the blue whale. so cool!

me and my parents and the blue whale!

mark couldn't get enough of the vendor food and i think he tried absolutely everything there was.

 took a little gander over to radio city music hall and nbc studios where "the voice" chair was set up. i decided to "turn around"

rockefeller skating rink was all set up and beautiful at night!

us at the top of rock with a view of the pastel colours of the empire state building...all ready for easter!

seriously can't get enough of spring!

last dinner of our new york city trip. i had sushi and the rest had burgers.

my cutie parents at five napkins restaurant. it was pretty fab. 

 of course we had to see one last play and it was fitting that it was annie! very good!

it was a fab trip. a good ending to the month.

love