Summer is headed to New York City!

Doing well in school has it's advantages!

Through the ALP program (Advanced

Learning) at Summer's school, she gets the

opportunity to head to New York City over

Spring Break 2011. It will cost her $1669,

so the fundraising will soon begin. She has

always been an awesome student, and I am

so thrilled that she gets to visit one of my

favorite places in the whole world! They call

it a Subway Tour, since they will only travel on

foot and via the subway. She will be immersed

in the NYC culture...which couldn't be farther

from our Arizona lifestyle. I've always thought it

would be fun to live in Manhattan for a couple

years. Maybe Sydney will decide to go to Juilliard

and we can visit her often. :0) As for now, it's

Summer's turn. Here is her basic itinerary:

Day 1 -
Take a walking tour of Midtown:
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Trump Tower
Visit the Empire State Building by night
Day 2 -
Take a guided tour of New York:
Times Square
Central Park
Greenwich Village and SoHo
World Trade Center Site
Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Attend a Broadway Show!!!
Day 3 -
Take the subway to Battery Park
Visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge and explore Chinatown and Little Italy
Day 4 -
Take the subway to the Upper West Side
Visit the American Museum of Natural History
Depart for home

***Anyone want to make a small contribution?

Summer will be willing to bake you cookies,

babysit, wash your car, anything to make a

few bucks toward her trip. Thanks!!!***