Empire State Building Surprise
S heila and I kept a few things about our plans for our time in Manhattan a surprise for Lukey and Kenzie. One of these surprises was that, unbeknownst to Lukey and Kenzie, we had previously purchased tickets to visit not just the common observation deck but the 80th, 86th and 102nd floors of the Empire State Building which includes the topmost small, enclosed observation deck. When we surprised these two grandchildren with this Christmas trip back on Halloween (see this blog post ), one of the many tickets we had gifted to them was for the Empire State Building. At the time, we made it clear that, unfortunately, we would not have time to go up to the observation deck because it will be the busy Christmas season with long lines so it would take up far too much of our valuable time. Regardless, they still seemed excited to be seeing this monumental building from the street. I put their minds at ease explaining that, at the very least, we could see what the lobby looks like just li