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The Gosselins Hit New York City

Kate and the kids check into a Manhattan hotel, Jon furnishes his new apartment

Published on July 18, 2009 11:50 AM

Photo: Winslow/Meinelt/Splash News Online

Summer fun in the city? More likely just a short business trip.

Kate Gosselin and her eight children, plus two baby sitters and security, arrived at a midtown Manhattan hotel Saturday morning and stayed for a few hours before departing again, apparently headed to a TLC marketing event. Also on hand at the hotel were the Duggar family, stars of their own TV reality show, and Jen Arnold and Bill Klein of Little People: Just Married.

As the family walked through the marble lobby – with Jon Gosselin notably missing – Kate impatiently told one of her sextuplets, evidently in response to a question, “Yes, this is where we are staying.”

Every member of the family, featured on the TLC reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8, wore light summer attire: Kate, 34, was in jeans and high strappy sandals, her twin girls, 8, in pink and white stripped dresses. The five-year-old sextuplets: girls in yellow dresses, boys in blue shorts and shirts.

By the time they left, nearly four hours later, each of the Gosselins had changed into new, color-coordinated outfits.

Meanwhile, Jon Gosselin, 32, was spotted at his new apartment on Broadway, dropping off belongings and a large flat screen TV. He recently reunited with the kids after a vacation in the south of France with his new girlfriend Hailey Glassman.

• Reporting by LIZ BERMAN