We had a great trip to Chicago! The kids had never been, so we did a whirlwind trip in two days, but that was enough with kids this age. We did have the meltdowns, the tired whining and fighting...but we also had a great time showing them a couple different parts of the city! We made a stop at the John Hancock Observatory.....they really thought this was cool....look at the view. :) Bradyon even walked around with the headset and listened to different facts about the city, those facts will come out at sometime in discussion I am sure. Other events included a visit to the Millennium Park where we were able to have a picnic lunch in January (it was warm and sunny....could not have asked for better weather), we went to the American Girl store for the first time (brielle loved it), the LEGO store (braydon loved it) and the Disney Store (beckett loved it). We had dinner at The Rain Forest Cafe....always an easy place to go with kids although I think Brett and I were both worried when the first storm hit as to whether Brielle would stay in the restaurant or not (she did) because she is lately not a fan of dark, loud places. :) We had a good time, and look forward to more trips.
and...just to keep it honest and for record keeping...it was a hard trip too, the kids fought a lot and complained on all fronts and we as parents were not always as patient as we would like to be. lately it feels like the kids have smushed my ability for patience....but this too shall pass, i know it will. :)
