- Excited for an early morning departure from home, we actually got gone with only two bags and three carry ons!!!! Of course Brooke felt like she didn't bring ANYTHING!!
- Delayed at the airport
- Lexy's first airplane ride!
- A SCARY and EXPENSIVE taxi ride to our hotel, Brooke & Lexy's first
- No lunch and an EXPENSIVE first dinner in Chicago
- A walk to the nearest grocery store for snacks, etc. so we don't starve!
- A VERY COLD HOTEL POOL...FREEZING!
- Beautiful scenery
- Waiting in the heat for an hour to get into Shedd Aquarium
- Watching Lexy's face at the seal, dolphin & Beluga whale show :-)
- Lexy dressing up and playing like a penguin
- Hot & Tired..."do we have to walk anymore?", "how much further?"
- Watching fireworks from our hotel window after having a drunk woman flick spiders on us on the pool balcony :(
- Learning all about city buses - another first for Brooke & Lexy
- A mall & a children's museum all in one place, who could ask for more!!!
- Lexy loves to play pretend at the children's museum...so does Brooke :)
- Brooke tries to feed Lexy to a dinosaur :) Lexy tried to soak Brooke in the water room :)
- a purse for Brooke's souvenir, stuffed animal for Lexy ...surprise, surprise
- Trying a Chicago deep dish pizza - we are not fans :(
- Getting said pizza free when another hotel guest takes ours by mistake!
- Beautiful views from the pier of the water and the city
- Riding the biggest ferris wheel we've ever seen, what a view!
- A trip to the zoo...loving the animals, not the heat!
- An unexpected scenic ride on the city bus...note to self, buses don't stop at the same places both ways!
- Brooke and I saw LOTS of stores that we would have liked to shop at, maybe someday!
- POOL STILL FREEZING! Lexy learns how to play marco polo
- Lots of family fun, giggles and memories!!!
- Another crazy and expensive taxi trip to the airport
- Another flight delay, wild kids/crazy mom in the seats in front of us
- Good to be home!!
Brooke said that she absolutely loved Chicago and wants to go to school there for college. I knew if we showed her a big city she would be hooked! Do we dare show her New York or LA?? Lexy liked Chicago but it was a lot of go go go for her, she's a much more laid back kinda gal. Mike managed well with all the people and craziness but I'm pretty sure he won't be suggesting going back anytime soon :-) For me, I've always loved the big city life and thought as a kid that I would end up living in one but I sure wouldn't want to raise kids in a city that big and really it was just TOO much hustle and bustle...guess old age changes our views!! :-) All in all it was a great vacation that exposed us all to things we hadn't experienced before and gave us a chance to connect as a family!
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