Sunday morning we packed up the car and headed to Chicago for a few nights. We drove straight to Lego land Discovery Center, a few miles North of Chicago. The kids had a ball building cars, making towers, going on the lego ride, walking through the lego jungle and just soaking in all things LEGO.
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Craig, Ella, Allison and Connor at Legoland
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Obama with Craig and Ella
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After Lego land we headed to our hotel in downtown Chicago. We met up with Craig's sister, Katie and her family. We all went out for dinner at a Thai restaurant and then headed back to the hotel for ice cream and swimming.
Monday we got up and had an amazing breakfast, and then began walking and walking and walking. We took the train for a bit and then walked a couple of miles to the Lincoln Park Zoo. The first few exhibits were empty, but after that we found some bears, then the seals, tigers and a darling mother Gibbon and her baby. After the zoo we caught a bus back to downtown. We had some lunch at Water Tower and then went to American and girl and the lego store. Allison and Ella each got a Bitty Twin. They decided on twin brunette girls, with brown eyes. Allison got a Hawaiian outfit for her American Girl doll too. We headed back to the hotel for a bit of down time. Ella hadn't slept a wink and it was 2:00! We decided to go for a walk to the park and then head for dinner. The kids walked another two miles or so and then we headed out for pizza. Connor was barely awake during dinner and Ella was, a not a happy camper. Connor was asleep by 7 and then Ella a bit later.
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| Going for a walk |
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| Rosalee, Ella and I on the train |
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| Enjoying the seals at the zoo |
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| The Zoo |
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| The Bitty Twins |
Tuesday we got up, had breakfast and packed up our stuff. We walked to Navy Pier, checked out the beach and the shops and then decided to take off. Ella fell asleep in the carrier and then slept the entire ride home. She was exhausted.
We had a great time and enjoyed spending time with Katie, Brad, Mary Violet, Rosalee and Genevieve!
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| Ella in the Ergo hitting the town |
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| Connor, Allison and Craig skipping stones near Navy Pier |
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| The girls enjoying popcorn at Navy Pier |
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