Chicago weekend

This winter we found CHEAP flights to Chicago so we picked a weekend and went.  I was a little nervous because all of the stuff we had to bring...car seats, stroller, luggage...but it worked out fine. It's funny the things that we'll spend extra money on now that we have 2 kids.  It was worth every penny that we paid for the taxi from Midway to the hotel.  We have also found that it is worth the extra money to get a suite at a hotel or nighttime just doesn't work and we end up going to bed with the kids or sitting in the hall playing cribbage :)  Anyway, we had a great time just being together and having nothing else to worry about except for what we were going to do that day and where we were going to eat!  We spent the weekend just across the border in Indiana with family.  It was fun to see everyone and watch the kids play together.  We ended up with 2 sick kids and our first trip to Urgent Care but we still had a great time.  The kids did great on the plane as well...which was so much better than the drive!

Navy Pier

swimming at the hotel

fun in Indiana

teaching Taylor & Troy how to "twirl, twirl, dip"

back in Chicago

they loved the el

enjoying our tour of North Park (we didn't realize she was sick until she did this ALL afternoon!)