Chicago

Robert came home from work before his break and said, "Let's go to Chicago." So we left on Saturday. Sunday we visited with a friend of mine from high school (I refuse to say "old friend") in the morning. We went to the top of the Hancock Building in the afternoon and had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory - we love that place!

Monday we went to the Shedd Aquarium. The kids and I watched a special on PBS about it one day and they were ready to see it. We had a good time and stayed till mid-afternoon. We took a water taxi over to Navy Pier and walked around for a little while and then took another water taxi up the river a little ways. We had deep dish pizza for dinner and all went to bed happy!

Tuesday we went to the Children's Museum on Navy Pier. We spent all day going between that and the pirate show out in the shopping area. Gabby loved it! They played games with the kids and she did a great job volunteering. We rode the Ferris Wheel and the Merry-Go-Round before leaving a tired crew.

We came on home Wednesday because company was coming Friday. Gabby's favorite thing was the pirate show. Sam's favorite thing was to stand in the window at our hotel and watch the traffic go by. We were on the 16th floor and across from the hospital. He learned the ambulance sound very quickly.

A big "Thank You" to all the attractions in Chicago - Robert was free on everything we did except the rides at Navy Pier and the bus. We ALL got in free to the Children's Museum. They know how to thank a military family and it made a huge difference!