A Tough Day in Chicago

After Jacob's championship win yesterday and a DQ celebration with his team, we loaded up the car and drove most of the way to Chicago. We stayed in Elgin, IL arriving about 11 pm. The boys swam this morn and then we headed into the city. We wanted to see Navy Pier, Millenium Park, and Willlis ("Sears") Tower. It didn't seem overly ambitious, but with the warm weather and tired kids it turned out to be. We rode the Ferris wheel on Navy Pier. Then wandered down to the end of he pier for a snack and checked out the view. Then we wanted to head to Millenium Park and find some Chicago style pizza.  We took the free trolley a few blocks and then walked the remaining few blocks towards the park. First we had to stop for another poddy break, then we ran into a cupcake food truck ( so we had to try those), then we found a pizza restaurant. The wait was about an hour, but the deep dish style pizza takes about that long to make, so we put our names in for a table and our order in for pizza and relaxe on the plaza outside. When we finally got into our table Gavin was complaining of a headache and didn't feel well. After we ate, I took him back to the car for drugs and a nap as I drove around. Fred and the other boys checked out Millenium Park for about an hour before we picked them up and headed to Willis Tower. The Skydeck (a 4' glass overhang on the 103 floor) was freaky and fun. We made it to our hotel in Merriville Indiana a little before 8 tonight. Fred got us some supper from Wendy's and we've settled in for the night.

If I had it to do again, I might opt for a day at the aquarium.

Off to Cincinatti tomorrow to see good friends, let's hope we have well rested and happy children tomorrow.