They're Comin' to America

As you can tell, we chose a beautiful day to see the Statue of Liberty. Fortunately for us, she was in a very good mood and posed well for the pictures. As did Zoe. It took a major feat of stroller driving expertise to navigate our little family from the southern tip of Manhattan to Liberty Island then to Ellis Island and back again. It was only a year and eight months ago that we were standing next to Lady Liberty's little sister in the Seine River, and I must say that the majesty of the New York Harbor statue is much more than 4 to 1. I wasn't expecting such a patriotic experience, but American pride finds a way to creep into ya' as you look up at our nation's leading emblem of freedom and hope. What a great land we live in! I finally understand what it was that got thousands of people to leave their homes and go through that miserable trans-oceanic voyage to a strange place. There's a lot of amazing and exotic lands out there in the world, but none compare to the United States...West coast to East coast, its home.

On the boat from Liberty Island to Manhattan we stood next to a group of six or seven Chinese people, who thought Zoe was the neatest little critter ever. Boy did she ham it up, too! They went from brief little smiles to chasing each other from one side of the boat to the other, them speaking Chinese, Zoe speaking Zoeish. I can just imagine the slide show going on in China right now as Zoe's new friends tell their relatives all about the cute little square-shaped white girl they hung out with in New York Harbor. Funny how many internarional friends Zoe made in New York City.