This past weekend we spent Friday and Saturday in Chicago with Gaetan's Mom and Grandma. His Grandma comes for a visit from Belgium every summer for a few weeks. Lieve is wonderful! So wonderful that's where Lu got one of her middle names from :). We were going to go to NY that weekend for a fundraiser for a dear friend who got severely hurt at work, and his Mom and Grandma were going to follow and hang out there. But then the idea of going to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago came up and I thought that was a much better idea. We took the train (which was a first for me) which was GREAT idea with the kids. They let them roam around (if they want) and then I could take care of Lu without having to stop all the time. Basically the cost of the tickets was better than driving, having to find parking downtown and all that jazz. I was pleased with our mode of transportation!
Once we got there our plan was to hit up Shedd on Friday (since we left early in the morning). But there was HUGE line there and people had been waiting in line for hours and still weren't even close to the door. So we decided that Friday was going to be our running around the town day instead of Saturday. We took a water taxi around the shore a bit and then they did some shopping. Bugga found this fountain that he LOVED and played in it for a really long time... he was a bit upset when we had to leave but it was all good. He enjoyed his stay at the hotel... loved going up and down the elevators! He also got to sleep in a big queen sized bed with Papa that night too. Lu was with Momma in the other bed. We got some delicious take out asian food and that was pretty much it for the day. We were pooped by the time it was ready for bed!
Saturday we got up bright and early to make sure that we could get into the aquarium. We got there at 8:25 (and it opened at 9) and by 8:30 there was a line already down past all the stores! crazy! It was AWESOME. There were like 5 levels of stuff to look at and Bugga really liked it. We got to see a little show on how they train their Beluga whales and Bugga got to be a penguin. We left there around 1:30... which is a long time to be there! We did get to see everything though and I was glad that Bugga was interested, but I was for sure!
I have to say that the public transportation system in Chicago isn't very stroller friendly. Lots of stairs and no elevators. Makes for an interesting time with a double stroller... I mostly carried Lu around in the backpack and Bugga was more than happy to walk, but it made me feel better when he was in the stroller with all the traffic and people!
I couldn't believe how tired those two days made me. But with little kids everything is a bit of production number. Am still trying to recover a bit from all the excitement and get everything unpacked and cleaned, but it was a great weekend. :)
JVG
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