Chicago- day 3

Our last day. We wanted to get a little bit of fun in before we were stuck in the car for the 7 1/2 hour drive home. Chad and me had ran into this park the night before as we were strolling through Millennium park. We were so excited to take our kids back to play!

After playing at the park, we made a quick pitstop for some pastries and muffins, checked out from our hotel and then found a lds church (which incidentally was a spanish service).

Chicago- Day 2

We started off Saturday morning at the beach. This beach is called Olive park beach. It's just a small beach, closest to Navy Pier (which was our next stop). I'd always envisioned the water of the great lakes to be more murky, but this was gorgeous and clear! It was a little on the colder side...but we did go early in the morning (about 8 am). A local told me the water is much warmer midday.



Navy Pier
I asked a local where the best place to get pizza is, she said Giordano's. It was delicious!


The boys all fell asleep and Chad was pretty tired too, so mom & me took the baby and headed out shopping. I didn't get any pics of us shopping, because we were too busy sorting through clothes at our favorite stores (Zara & H&M), but this was a cute little plaza on Michigan Ave. (aka the Magnificent Mile) were we went shopping.
Our little date night. We took a stroll through Millennium park...



walked the lakefront trail (& the riverwalk)...


did some people watching downtown...
and ate at a Spanish tapas restaurant (& a jamba juice).

Chicago- day 1

Our room had a gorgeous view overlooking the Chicago river!

  Millenium Park

Cloud Gate in Millenium park


On our way to the Willis tower (formerly Sears tower).
 The sky deck. Doesn't your heart just leap up into your throat looking at that downward view?!? My stomach was filled with butterflies and my legs were noodles, and yet my kids seemed to be totally uneffected by the height. Chaz crawled right out onto the glass, hitting the walls as he did so & Max laid down on his stomach and starred at the street below.

 Back to the hotel.  Chad and me would've loved to have gone out for a night on the town...but we were utterly exhausted!