Legos & Gingerbread

Recently, a guy by the name of  Sean Kenney revealed his latest Lego Master creation at the Sony Center in the Time Warner Center.  We headed down, despite the nasty weather, to get a glimpse and meet him.  We love Legos in this house- they are not just for boys!  :)

They had several tables set up with loads of Legos for the kids to spend time creating cars and trucks (it was also a book signing party for his new book Cool Cars and Trucks.)

Here Alexis got to meet him and he was anxious to see her creation.  He spent a good couple of minutes listening to her tell him about her vehicle and talking with her about Legos and imagination.

Obligatory photo with the newest celebrity in my kids' eyes.

And the big reveal! A replica of Times Square!  How 'bout those billboards, eh?  All with Legos!  And the ads on the left there are actually screens with moving images.  Can you see the TKTS booth?  And the tourist bus? And the city bus? The cabs!

Here's a view from slightly above.  And can you see whose on top of that cream-colored building? (above the Target ad)?

It's Spiderman!!!

And the hot dog vendor!

Then we headed over to Le Parker Meridien to view the specialty gingerbread houses made by several area bakeries.  Wow.

Empire State Building

Grand Central Station

A Subway Car

Traditional House

The three Bears- I tried to get a shot inside this house, but it's too dark, I'm afraid.

Christmas in Palm Springs- this one was Lexi's favorite, although I'm not quite sure why.

And then we went for pizza at Oprah & Gayle's favorite pizza place: Mariella's. It is pretty good.  And I do have to say here, that we had actually already eaten there several times before it was featured on her show.  Does that make us cool, or what? We knew about it before she did!