The two of us were able to enjoy and share down-town Chicago with the kids. Brooke has been asking since we showed her the Sears Tower in a drive by a few years ago, and Brady really wanted to ride a Subway (sorry but NYC is a bit far off yet...) Chris and I had been wanting to take the kids for quite sometime, every time we have been down there and seen kid friendly things...we would say....awh I wish we had the kids.....Funny enough this time when we did have the kids and we were pushing a double stroller in the heat past the beer tents on Navy pier.....we went awh.....I wish we didn't have the kids.......Ironic huh? But truly we had a great time, it was work pushing 100+ pounds in a stroller, but with out it we wouldn't have been able to do half of what we did do. We had a great hotel overlooking the river and Lake Michigan, the kids loved watching all the tour boats, we had a chance to go to Millennium Park, do the fountain, the bean (Brady's favorite he called it the biggest crystal ball), ate deep dish pie, swam in the pool, perused Navy pier, rode the 150 ft Ferris wheel (not a fan favorite - see below), catch a glimpse of Transformers 3 being filmed..... and arrived back at the hotel at 10:30 to put one whipped boy to bed and try to convince Brooke that nite life isn't usually for 6 year olds.........It was good, we will do it again soon!
The famous squirting face fountain......Brooke kept getting boxed out by all the older kids, but she still got wet!
Brady was a bit intimidated by all the random people splashing about....imagine that!
Brooke and the big city.....everyone hangs out in their bikini, no??
The bean, us, and the city....
The kids could have laid there all day.......
Chris and I tried to estimate how many pictures have been taken at this one spot ....probably billions.....
Getting artsy.....
Poor Brady's legs were hardly long enough....
Out on Navy Pier enjoying the sights and the boats!
Dad and his girl.....
watching the sunset....
And then the Ferris wheel, Brooke was too small to go on the swing ride so she settled on the "wheel" which I knew Chris wouldn't step foot on, so mom had to step up.......it's large, that isn't the main problem, the speed...yup that was my problem....it goes sooooooo stinking slow, which is nice so it isn't a quick ride and you get to enjoy the sites......but it's at a rate where you constantly think that you aren't even moving but rather just stuck because the thing possibly just broke down......I would much rather have that thing whip us around like a hamster in heat......
150 feet tall.....and it feels like it......
The hotel had a pool overlooking the river....so Brooke couldn't pass up a dip in the goodness...
This was Brady from the moment we got on the Ferris Wheel until we arrived at the hotel......
And then FINALLY BOTH our nuggets plum tuckered out from a big day in SWEET HOME CHICAGO!!
Dad and his girl.....
watching the sunset....
And then the Ferris wheel, Brooke was too small to go on the swing ride so she settled on the "wheel" which I knew Chris wouldn't step foot on, so mom had to step up.......it's large, that isn't the main problem, the speed...yup that was my problem....it goes sooooooo stinking slow, which is nice so it isn't a quick ride and you get to enjoy the sites......but it's at a rate where you constantly think that you aren't even moving but rather just stuck because the thing possibly just broke down......I would much rather have that thing whip us around like a hamster in heat......
150 feet tall.....and it feels like it......
The hotel had a pool overlooking the river....so Brooke couldn't pass up a dip in the goodness...
This was Brady from the moment we got on the Ferris Wheel until we arrived at the hotel......
And then FINALLY BOTH our nuggets plum tuckered out from a big day in SWEET HOME CHICAGO!!
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