Road trip...CHICAGO...Wednesday

Uncle David is letting us stay in his condo, in Chicago, for the rest of spring break! Here is how the road trip went...

yes, that is three kids... on three laptops... watching three separate movies. NOT the way Chris and I used to travel as kids, I know that one trip as a child, I spent counting the moles on my arm (but that is another story)! They did a great job considering the car is not large and we made great time!

The kids were in charge of the video camera for this trip so I have a feeling that there is going to be way too much video to even post! But I am sure we will upload the highlights and make a full length motion picture when we get back to STL.

It has been five years since the kids were in Chicago. The excitement in their eyes when they saw lake Michigan was contagious! We exited at the right exit and only had to circle the block once to find the parking garage...

YES they were SUPER happy!

After we checked out the place, unloaded the car and unpacked we were all starving! Daddy wanted Chicago style pizza, so we grabbed the map and headed out the door. It was cold, but not brutal. The sun was still shining! We walked to the Chicago river, which was dyed green for St. Patrick's day....

and then Wil spotted the sun setting through some buildings...

It was magical.... We had a great time, just walking, talking, posing by statues and sculptures, and looking at the buildings. Like I always say, it would be impossible to record all the funny and interesting things we saw and talked about! By the time we got to Giordano's, we were star--r-r-r-rving...KJ was eating the appetizer decoration.The pizza took 30 minutes to cook....

But it was delicious! We walked back on Michigan avenue and took in the sites. Stopped at the Blackhawks store and took pictures for our "hockey"friend Connor. Kate was freaked out about walking over the bridge, which is only fair as Daddy is freaked out about the height of the condo (he won't go near the windows as it is on the 16th floor). There is a giant "American Gothic" statue on Michigan avenue. We headed back to the condo, stopped at the grocery store, and then pretty much spent the evening looking out the windows...every once in awhile someone would say, "hey look," and point out the window and we would all look as they yelled, "we're in Chicago!" then we would all laugh every time! We are a very happy family!!