Chicago Weekend

Jeff had a 3-day conference in the windy city this weekend.  It seemed like a good idea to take the whole family & show the girls the big city.  (Note to self:  Genna is banned from future outings until further notice)

All the requisite stops:  Crown Fountain, Cloud Gate (the Bean), and Oak Street Beach under the John Hancock building.  We should have skipped the beach and done Lincoln Park Zoo instead.

Genna was not hailing a cab (above).
Just waiting for the bus.
Maya was AMAZED at the scale of the buildings.  Not typically a fan of hand-holding, she latched right onto my RULE of always holding hands on the street.

Neither of them was willing to stick their arm in enough to touch a stingray.  They are much slimier than I anticipated.

@ The Shedd.  The dolphin show was Maya's
FAVORITE part of the trip.
Q: "Genna, did you like the aquarium?"
A:  "NO"

 Genna was constantly tired and or hungry.  And I quote (from a writhing floor tantrum on our last night)..... 
"Genna, you are so tired!"
"I'm NOT tired.  I'm just CRYING!"

Killing 90 minutes (to/from Evanston)
before picking Papa up to go home.

An add-on to the weekend was stopping at Grandma Glista's to camp out in the (dark) country to view the Perseid Meteor Shower on Sunday/Monday night.  However, in true Michigan style.... it rained all night.  (BTW, Grandma runs a giant lamp in her east yard all night, so it's really not totally dark anyhow).
Luckily the girls slept through the hard rain, except Maya's brief exclamation at 3am, "IT's TOO LOUD!!!!!"