We drove up to Chicago on Tuesday morning after Carthage. We met Erin and Royal there as well as my mom, Kristian and Amy and Dylanie and Lucas who had driven in from Columbus for Spring Break. (We missed my Dad and Dave, who were both out of town.) We started off the excitement by taking a bus into the city, exploring Navy Pier and indulging on some Deep Dish Chicago Pizza.
The girls and Dylanie latched right on to each other.
Audrey, Dylanie, Lincoln, Isaac and Chloe
A fun statue at Navy Pier
Lincoln loved throwing rocks into Lake Michigan
As did Isaac
Wow! Riding the bus was so fun!
On Wednesday we hit Michigan Avenue. The boys went to the Lego Store and we had a girls morning out at the American Girls Doll Store. Grammie got the girls each a doll (Audrey chose Kaya and Chloe chose Felicity.) Now I want one. After a picnic lunch we explored Millennium Park.
Dylanie and Audrey enjoying the Hershey store.
Lincoln discovers the giant silver jelly bean.
Isaac and Lucas became fast friends.
Lincoln worships Kristian. He kept telling him over and over, "You're the best Kristian ever!"
On Thursday we decided to go to the Field Museum. We carefully plotted our route on public transport (2 buses and a train.) Unfortunately we got a bit turned around after coming out of the subway and ended up walking for about 45 minutes in the freezing cold Chicago wind in the WRONG DIRECTION! So eventually we ended up at the Museum and enjoyed it quite a bit. It is HUGE--we didn't even come close to seeing everything. But there was something for everyone--Isaac really wanted to see the DNA exhibit and Audrey had to see the Indians. We saw a cool exhibit on Wooly Mammoths too and Egyptians and Dinosaurs. After the dinosaur exhibit Lincoln was pretending to be a T-Rex and he bit Kristian on the back of the leg. It was hysterical, but I felt bad when he told us the next day that it had left a little welt and broken the skin!! We froze again on the way home, but it was worth it.
Siblings--me, Erin and Kristian looking at us like we are crazy.
All of the cousins at the museum! Audrey, Lincoln, Dylanie, Royal, Isaac, Lucas and Chloe. If we had only waited a few more weeks they could have been joined by the newest addition when Erin has her baby!
Friday morning we had to go to Eleven City Diner for the BEST BREAKFAST ON THE PLANET!! It is a quaint, quirky Jewish diner and their Challah French Toast is to die for. I would go back to Chicago just for that. My mom and Kristian and Amy headed home then and Ryan took the big kids out to do more exploring of the big city. They tried to do some geocaching, but weren't able to find what they were looking for. Lincoln had picked up a really bad cough, so we stayed home with Erin and Royal and took it easy.
The kids check out Uncle Dave's stomping grounds.
Cute cousins--Royal and Lincoln are only six weeks apart, and good friends.
We ran into these scary Chicago gangstas...
I loved Erin's apartment! It was in Ukrainian Village--it was older and had wood floors and this giant picture window overlooking the street with huge window sills. The kids loved playing there.
Here they are in front on the Sesame Street-like steps the day we left. We left on Saturday morning and the kids did great on the 2 day drive home.
Whew! Super-long post, but I wanted to do it in one instead of dragging it out for the next few days...
4 comments:
What a fun trip! Have a happy Easter!
Great pictures, as always! You all have beautiful families...and yay for Erin, another little baby! Chicago is full of things to do. Glad you survived the "getting lost" fiasco! :)
Love all the pictures, it looks like a really fun trip. So fun to be with family when they live so far away.
I love Chicago...last time we were there was about 3 months before Parker was born. There are so many fun things to do in the city.
We want to take the kids out there and also hit the church sites...but I hesitate to take them while they can't really 'appreciate' the history.
p.s. love the gangsta look!
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