We made the mistake of staying by the airport, (thank you priceline!) It sounded great at first but once we got there we realized, we had very limited food options, as well as transportation. (Since we either had to pay $38 a day for parking or park in the airport economy lot and take a train to are car!) We ended up spending a lot of time on the subway, which we quickly noticed we were the only ones with kids on the subway! It wasn't all that bad once we got a little more familiar with the area.
The first day we walked through Millennium Park, there is this really neat water Park with these huge TV screens that shoot water out.
We also went to the Field museum which is where Sue the Dinosaur is. Sue is the most complete Dinosaur fossil ever found and it was discovered in 1999. The field museum had everything from Mummies to Crystals.
The second day we went to a place called Navy Pier. That was a lot of fun there is a great Children's museum, that we spent the majority of the day at. The girls had a great time digging for fossils!
The last day we swam at the hotel, which by the way was Jenna's favorite part of the trip! Sometimes as parents I think we try way to hard! We went to IKEA, which I have never been to an Ikea store it was huge! Then we took the kids to the Rain Forest cafe, and made some fun memories there.
It took forever to get out of Chicago. (That is one thing we noticed when we arrived is how busy it was still, at 10:00pm.) We ended up taking a wrong turn and toured a pretty rough part of Chicago. I was glad to see the interstate again. We had considered going to the Indiana Sand Dunes, but decided to head home. That is, until we missed our exit. (The signs are not marked well at all.) Once we stopped to buy an Indiana map and figure out where we were, we realized we were only about 15 minutes from the dunes, and the BEACH! I am so glad we missed our exit, because this was so worth it. We got to the beach right as the sun was starting to set. It was so beautiful.
We didn't have our beach attire on, but that never stops kids(or parents!) So when we were finished we were covered in sand and soaked from head to toe! It was so fun to watch the sun go down, and relax on the beach. 
I think this was the highlight of our trip!! At least it was for me.
Beautiful pics! Thanks for sharing! :o)
ReplyDeleteFun! I didn't know you guys were going to Chicago. I think we're going to try next spring, so I'll have to get the 'do and don'ts' from you. The beach lookes awesome though!
ReplyDeleteYou are such a fabulous blogger! The Chicago post looks so professional. I just loved all the pictures, especially of you and Madeline on the beach. That picture is a keeper!! It looks like one of those pictures you get inside new picture frames. Really!
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures of your trip to Chicago. Sounds like a fun one. Our kids favorite part of a trip is often swimming in the hotel pool as well! It was fun to talk to you guys on your way home. Sorry we got cut off somehow though. We'll have to catch up another time.
ReplyDeletefabulous, sounds like you had a great time, even with all the choas. you can check out my blog too at dadicksons.blogspot.com. hope you have a great day and that you don't mind i been doing some "blogspot snooping"
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a fun trip. I love Chicago. It's fun to see little updates on your family!
ReplyDeleteI feel horrible that it was so much to pay for parking. I was the one who told Joe we thought out by the airport was the cheapest way to go. Our parking was $17.00 a night.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Might want to keep the best ones separate on a disk for the fair next year.
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