At the hotel...

There are so many more steps to just getting out the door everyday. It is not an easy task. It takes lots of preparation, planning, and patience. I was so grateful that my parents could come up to spend the weekend with us. While Austin attended a conference, we were able to move around downtown (somewhat). We certainly spent lots of time at the hotel just hanging out too. The girls loved swimming!!!!

Sear's Tower

We made it to the top! (Well, actually it was the 99th floor. The 103rd floor was under construction). It was a momentous to be that high up. We viewed Chicago from all angles. We snapped a few shots, found a Chicago ornament, and made our way down again. We checked that off our list of things to do.

Children's Museum in Chicago

Our first evening there we met up with my parents and went to the Children's Museum at the Navy Pier. It was one of their free nights so there were lots of people everywhere. We hopped around from room to room exploring the "Cyber Chase" exhibit (our girls favorite show...not sure why), dinosaur dig room, bug room where it seemed we stepped into "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" sort of scene, and then the rope climb. Austin followed behind the girls as they climbed up to the next floor. Shalyce decided she didn't want to climb anymore so Austin carried her the rest of the way up. The boys just hung out in their strollers the entire time. What troopers!



We were glad to find a trolley to return to the hotel. We had first hand experience of the "windy city" on this ocassion. Very cold!