thanksgiving in nyc // day four.

 The one where we were on live tv!

We braved the Today Show this morning in the rain, and it was the perfect way to begin our day.

Afterwards, we walked back to the hotel to defrost and enjoy breakfast before heading back out. The rest of the day looked like:

-a trip to FAO Schwarz because we may never be in NYC for Black Friday again

-lingering in Rockefeller Center for a while

-a trip to Grand Central Station

-a first ride on the subway for our kiddos (which they thought was amazing!!)

-a ride on the Staten Island Ferry to behold the Statue of Liberty

-playing at the coolest park we’ve ever seen in Battery Park City

-passing by the Charging Bull

-another subway ride

-pizza for dinner at Little Italy Pizza

-being in awe at how Christmas arrived literally overnight in the city.

WHAT. A. DAY.

I think every day has felt more magical than the last!

After dinner and quick showers, we watched Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (had to!) while enjoying room service dessert. I surprised the kiddos with their first gift of the season a little early: instead of waiting until December 1st like usual, they got to open their traditional (matching) Christmas jammies tonight. because NYC, that’s why!! Gah, we have lived so big and wild and free this week.

A highlight reel of our day:

At bedtime I joked that we should visit every Christmas season, and TJ said yes immediately…soooo we may have a new family tradition. We shall see. I don't think every Christmas is feasible, but every few years? That would legit be the DREAM.

This was not a Black Friday, it was BRIGHT Friday. Merry & bright & everything right!

See again real soon, NYC. You are every bit as magical as you say you are!