We arrived Wednesday evening, with the fun beginning right away Thursday morning. Besides the added bonus of being able to take the weekend to visit with friends and see the sights, our main reason for traveling was business related. Thursday morning, Jon left the hotel for the day to lead jobsite tours at a few healthcare projects, then it was off to dinner and more at Kendall College Dinning Room - where culinary students prepare gourmet meals for people in a classroom environment.
With Jon gone for the day, that left me with the two kids and our own adventure packed day! We packed up the hotel room (what was ours anyway), loaded the car, and headed to our friends house to hang out with them for the afternoon. It ended up being her first day with both kids in school, so I had to apologize for bringing two extra kids into the mix of her peace and quiet! We talked and caught up, for which I am so blessed to have had the time to do. (Thanks Lori!) After her kids got home, we were able to play for a little bit, but then it was off to fight traffic (I'd say rush hour, but then again it is Chicago and every hour is rush hour) and make our way into the city for the night. On the way, since it was taking too long, I took a short detour to get dinner - I wasn't sure if we were going to make it all the way into the city before craziness/hunger ensued in our car, which turned out I was right. Finally, we arrived at our hotel just in time for bedtime. We had a few hiccups during the night time routine, but after awhile all three of us were fast asleep!
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| It was hysteria at this point. Carl was hungry, Brianna was terribly tired and I was going as fast as I could trying to set everything up in time for bed!! |
Friday was also a full, fun day! We meandered around downtown with only one plan - go to the Shedd Aquarium. We walked down Michigan Avenue, saw a fountain we had never seen before, walked under the bean, went to the Shedd, had dinner at Giordano's, ate some yummy Garrett's popcorn, then back to the hotel for bedtime. Brianna and Carl were such troopers the entire weekend. Brianna hardly got much of any naps, but managed to stay, for the most part, up beat and not cranky.
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| Cold Pancake + Milk = Perfect make-shift hotel breakfast |
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| Taking a break from walking, sitting in front of the Adler Planetarium. Brianna had just woken up from her short nap and I was pointing at where we came from and where we had yet to walk back too! But first... off to the Shedd. |
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| They made Brianna a special dinner - chicken, green peppers and black olives. It was quite delicious! |
Saturday, we had a date with the Botanic Gardens in the morning and friends in the evening. Again, it was great to catch up and run out some B energy.
Sunday, we had breakfast with some very dear friends, the Walters. You may remember, we stayed in their basement for a few weeks back in 2008. Brianna had an egg and cottage cheese for breakfast, but her method of eating cottage cheese was taking a HUGE handful and stuffing it in her face. Let's just say it made a big mess, but we all got a good chuckle out of it! Then it was off to church, where Brianna loved sitting next to Lauren and taking advantage of the extra attention.
After our goodbyes, we finally headed for home. We had a good weekend and were glad to have been able to do so much and catch up with everyone! Yeah for road trips!
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