Independence Day!

It was a warm day here in NYC and this pup had the right idea- he went for a quick dip in the fountain! :)

We went out on a boat tour this morning to see the city from the water. We had a gorgeous day today. It was a lovely time to be out on the boat.

Jackson was pretty excited to be on the boat. :)

Some people get to come into the city in style- in helicopters! Awesome!

I love the city from the water! Gorgeous!

It was such a cool thing to see Lady Liberty on Independence Day!

After we got off of the boat we went for another bus tour. (This day was all about Jackson! He looooves this stuff.)

I thought this was such a cool photo! My iPhone impresses me.

I love clocks.

We loved this apartment building. Our tour guide claimed that a 2 bedroom apartment there goes for $15,000 a month.

This is the start of the new Freedom Tower (I think they are calling it something else now, but I like Freedom Tower so that is what I'm going to call it).

WALL STREET.

The Chrysler Building is Jackson's favorite. I like it, too. :)

A shot of Rockefeller Center from the tour bus.

We went back to my favorite Italian restaurant for lunch. YUM! :)

One of my former co-workers from Boston went to Columbia University Law so she was very familiar with Manhattan. She suggested stopping at Magnolia Bakery so we did. I had a cupcake. The icing was gross so I had to take it off, but the cake part was good. Jackson had a whoopie cookie that he loved.

This evening we walked about a mile from our hotel to watch the Macy's fireworks. We were there with about 1 billion other people, but who is counting?! ;) I used to get really nervous in crowds- not anymore. I was just right there gunning for a good viewing spot. We got one! It was amazing.

It was so crazy to see 5 or 6 sets of fireworks!

A rare photo of both of us. Obviously taken by me. Jackson liked this photo of himself so much that he wanted to cut me out and make it his Facebook profile picture. Rude! ;)

It was very worth the crowds to see the fireworks. NYC knows how to deal with crowds so it really was not bad at all. The fireworks were just amazing and seeing them in person should be on everyone's bucket list.