The sun will come out tomorrow...

Carey and Grandma Vickie surprised Greta Saturday night with a belated birthday gift trip into the city to see "Annie," starring the precocious 12-year-old Lilla Crawford as the title character and "Glee" actress Jane Lynch -- until July 14 -- as the boozy Miss Hannigan.

They rode the train from South Orange and Greta polished off the latest "Little House..." book.

Then they hopped the subway up to the theater district.









With an hour to kill, they opted for overpriced American fare at Roxy's. I'm told Greta ate all of her $19.99 cheeseburger, God bless her.









Then they posed for the mandatory outside shots and the dimly lit iPhone photo inside.

Three hours later they were back on the 11:11 p.m. train home and our big girl 8-year-old finally gave up the ghost.