Easter with Ohio Friends

Over Easter weekend Phil and I went into the city to meet up with some friends from Ohio that came over to visit some relatives. It was a beautiful day, but for some reason it was very foggy driving past Staten Island - you can't even see the top of the Verrazano bridge. But luckily it cleared up once we got into Queens.



First stop was the Ocean Jewel Seafood restaurant (famous siting of the engagement proposal) for dim sum. Phil got to see his favorite person in the whole world - Su-Kyi. Look how excited he is.

Our friends, May and Anthony, came with May's cousin and family, so Su-Kyi had someone to play with while we ate and tried to keep her entertained.

Afterwards we went across the street to the Flushing mall. Su-Kyi was very friendly this time, not shy like she usually is. She had her little stuffed dog with her too.

Phil couldn't stop holding Su-Kyi every chance he got. And she's still holding onto that dog for dear life.

After walking around the Flushing area in Queens we met back up with May, Anthony and crew at a park in Little Neck where they were having an Easter egg hunt. The place was packed with kids and their families, and they had tons of other activities - pictures with people dressed in bunny suits, carinval food, egg racing games... Anthony's chilling out at the back of the egg hunt line with Su-Kyi. The line was insanely long.

While Phil and May were still waiting patiently in line Phil got a chance to hold Su-Kyi again. Check her out rocking the pink shades. She's just too cool. ^__^

Before we got to the front of the line May and I snuck out to get some pictures taken with the Easter bunny. I don't think Su-Kyi likes the Easter bunny very much. She held it in pretty well though - she didn't start to cry until after we got the picture and Mr. Bunny was long gone.

Finally Su-Kyi was able to get her ticket for the egg hunt and got in the final line with all the other kids. She's all ready with her Easter basket and balloon.

They had scattered Easter eggs filled with little prizes across 2 large fields in the park and separated the big kids from the little kids. You could see all the little kids running with their tiny legs trying to grab all the eggs they could. And finally Su-Kyi came back with her loot. Over a dozen eggs - not bad for someone with such tiny fingers!

And of course you can't go somewhere with carnival food and not get something to eat - extremely overpriced as it is...So we stopped by a stand to buy some kettle corn and MozzArepas (a deep fried concoction with melty cheese inside - I think we had this once before during the fireworks in Red Bank). Everyone else was still stuffed from dim sum, but Phil and I found a home for the food. ^__^