New York City, Holidays 2019 ~ Create

It’s been a dream to visit NYC during the holidays to see all the decorations, fancy department store window displays, see the Rockettes, a Broadway show, and whatever else symbolizes New York during the holidays. With our girls growing up, we simply couldn’t wait any longer and took a 3-day trip to NYC between Christmas and New Years in late 2019.

I wanted this trip to be super special, since we have talked about it for so long, so I made it a centerpiece of our girls’ Christmas presents. We often divert our resources to travel in place of gifts, and they were absolutely delighted. To make it quite official I created a personal binder for both, and practiced some of my graphic design skills on Canva.com.

They loved their binders! I caught them studying them a few times before we left for NYC, and during the trip they referenced what was on their “official itinerary” multiple times. We were able to stick to the plan fairly well, and when we got home, they had a place to stash their tickets, playbills and other mementos of this quick cross-country dash.