A few weeks ago, Jana and I took the ladies to Chicago for Memorial Weekend. Aunt Rose was extremely generous and let us use her sweet condo right on the lake as our headquarters. Let me give you a briefing of what we accomplished while we were there. We arrived at Union Station on Thursday afternoon. As soon as we got settled at the condo, we headed down to the Children's Museum at Navy Pier. Friday, we went to Shedd Aquarium and were only there for 5 solid hours. Luckily for us, there are a billion things to do and see there so we were never bored. Kaitlyn especially loved the shark tank and Ellie loved an exhibit there where you can actually touch stingrays as they swim by. I must say I enjoyed that as well. Saturday, we went to American Girl Place for brunch in the morning followed by 3 hours of shopping in the store. The girls had been saving up their money for a really long time so they were both able to buy some wonderful (if not overpriced) accessories for their dolls. We then took a carriage ride out by the lake and down Michigan Avenue. When we were done with the ride, we walked ourselves down the avenue as well and saw several interesting street performers. My favorite was a guy in all white that was Poppin' and Lockin' (doing the robot) when people tipped him. Sunday we went back to Navy Pier. We took a skyline boat tour and rode all of the rides before catching a bus to Millennium Park to see the Bean and Crown Fountain before we walked to Buckingham Fountain (of Married, with Children fame). Dinner at Rosebud followed and a long bus and train ride home followed that. Monday we got the condo back in order and met my cousin Maggie for lunch at Ed Dibevic's. It was an interesting experience as the servers and wait staff are rude to you. The girls had a great time. Then it got interesting. We decided to take a cab back to Union Station rather than lug all of our crap across town. Time was tight and we ended up walking into the Station at 2:45 for our 3 pm train ride home. It was a great trip and we were all exhausted by the time we got home. Jana and I joked that we needed to get to work so we could get a break. And we can't thank Aunt Rose enough for her hospitality. It takes a lot of pressure off of you when you have a nice place to come home to at the end of every busy day.
Ellie has had a busy few weeks herself. She played her last soccer game last Sunday and even drilled a goal in the 2nd half. She also had her dance recital that has been 9 months in the making. Her dance was from the Lion King and she nailed it. Finally, she is still playing softball and has made several Hall of Fame level defensive plays already. Batting on the other hand...
Kaitlyn just started her soccer league. It took her about 35 of the 50 minutes of the class to warm up but she finally did and decided that she was having fun and would do it again next week. We'll see how that goes. I've heard this song and dance before.
Here are some pics and we hope everyone is doing well. Have a great week.
John
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