DAY TWO IN CHICAGO

Millineum Park!

The Bean and The Fountain

Rob and the Bean!
Museum of Science & Industry


At the hotel before we left for the day

Breakfast at the Rock and Roll McDonald's across from our hotel

NAVY PIER

After the Cubs game we headed down to Navy Pier. We rode the big ferris wheel and the kids rode the Swings. What a great view from the top! Dinner at Bubba Gumps and then taxi rides back to our hotel!

LET'S GO CUBBIES!

The start of our vacation! We spent Saturday night in Wheaton and we all headed down to Wrigley Field Sunday morning. Kelsey and Emily made their own Cubs shirts which turned out really cute. The morning started out raining, but as soon as we got to the field the sun came out and there was a great breeze off the lake. Cubs lost, but it was a great afternoon at the ball park!

Waiting for the L to get here to take us to Wrigley

SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL!

We love going to the Muni on summer nights! I was really anxious to see Seussical because I had heard how good it was and used to love these books when I was little. We took Adam's friend Blake with us and ran in to lots of people we knew, including Adam's 5th grade teacher, Mr. Niemeyer, who was playing in the band. It was a great night!

OUR LITTLE BOY MOWS THE LAWN!

One advantage of the kids getting older is that they can help with chores around the house! Adam had been bugging us to let him mow the yard, so one Saturday morning Rob showed him how to do it. It was funny because some of the neighbors came outside to watch and were cheering him on. His lines were a little crooked, but not bad for his first time!

AFTERNOON AT THE LAKE

The McKeowns invited us to go boating one afternoon and it was a beautiful day to be out on the lake!

Rob and Robert

Emily and I hosted another Brownie Troop pool party at our house in July. We cooked burgers, hot dogs and everyone brought a dish to share. All the girls had a fun time swimming and playing water balloon toss (although it sure took a lot longer for Rob, Adam and I to fill all those balloons than it did for 14 brownie girls to pop them!) A fun hot day of fun was had by all!

Emily and Sydney

The McKeowns ended up staying for dinner too, so Melanie, Emily and Maddie enjoyed the pool all by themselves after everyone else left.