an afternoon at south street seaport!

the day before the 4th of july, we went down to south street seaport to get a good look at general lafayette’s 18th century ship which just sailed over all the way from france called the hermoine. it is apparently an exact replica of general lafayette’s 18th century ship used to fight in the american revolutionary war. they say it’s the largest and most authentically built tall ship in the last 150 years.

we made the mistake of telling the kids about it and got them super pumped to go aboard and explore, only to get there and find that the line to get on the ship was about a 3 hour wait. :( and waiting in the direct sunlight and heat with all three kids, and trying to keep to a better schedule, that just didn’t seem possible. i felt bad because samson really wanted to wait in the line! “but mama, the ship is right there! we go on?!” :( but we looked and talked about the beautiful ship from the dock before we caught the parade and made up for it by grabbing popsicles after eating lunch together at their smorgasburg down there. i’m kind of still a little bit bummed we didn’t get to climb aboard the ship and explore, but i don’t think the kids have given it much thought since…. fortunately!

a few photos!

sometimes we pause to smother conrad in kisses. lol. poor kid always has someone in his face! and it might be hard to see, but the photo on the right of eleanor taking a rest sitting on the ride board during the parade just made me melt all over the place. she’s such a little lady these days and when i see her freckles peaking through i get so excited that she’ll be a freckle girl throughout life! go genes!

getting a little look in from the dock! how cool does that ship look?! we were impressed.

don’t look too closely cause i’m always in need of a pedicure, but these sandals are sparkly and make me feel fancy! (they are sold out now, from zara last spring, but similar here.)

all of my family wanted pizza but i can never pass up a lobster roll. that’s the best thing about smorgasburg, all the booths with all the options so close together! also, this is a side note that has nothing to do with lobster rolls but has anyone ever had haagan daz pistachio ice cream? because i just had it for the first time last night and i’m still thinking about it.

happy monday everybody!

ps. my dress is sonnet james and hat is from madewell. eleanor’s dress is from here and samson’s shirt from here. both their shoes can be found on zappos (here and here.) we still love our donkey but have been using the bugaboo bee 3 with a ride board on the back since eleanor and samson are walking more and stroller-ing less so we aren’t needing a double stroller as often. and we used our 50mm portrait lens with our canon 6d for these photos. :)