Scenes From Chicago

With our first trip under our belt we definitely learned a thing or two. Number 1 on our list is planning our day around eating. No one likes tired, hungry kids or mommies and sitting down to a meal cures both the tiredness and the hunger. Number 2 is to make sure that we know our location. The St. Patrick's Day parade was NOT family oriented. My youngest son saw some chick's business when she bent over in her barely there "skirt"(IF you can even call it that). They also saw more completely wasted people and people doing recreational drugs than I cared to expose them to, and they also heard the 'f' word every 15 seconds.

On a positive note - the dying of the river was awesome. Probably one of my (and the kids too) favorite parts of the trip. They also enjoyed the Willis Tower. We also lucked out with the weather. It was cold, but definitely bearable.

On our way...

Welcome to Chicago...bumper to bumper traffic. 

Outside our hotel the morning of the parade.

Me & the kids watching as the green dye moved down the river.

It was impossible to see the parade because the crowd was so thick.  Needless to say we did not stay very long... 

The Bean

These drummers were AMAZING. We stopped for a while to listen to them perform. 

View from the Willis Tower

At the Lego store

See that woman hunched over behind the girls? She and the man she was with were passed out most of the train ride except for the times when they each took turns puking on themselves, each other, and on the floor. Was a pretty gross experience. 

Field Museum. (We wanted to go to the Shedd Aquarium, but there was a 40 minute wait outside just to get into the front door. The weather was frigid on Sunday, so we just decided to hit the Field Museum again.)

4 kids completely pooped by their weekend adventures. Ready to head home...