First Family Vacation...to Chicago!



We took our first family vacation this week! Lee had the week off, so we visited our friends in the windy city.  The Thompsons were such generous hosts and put us up, and we got some good time with the Schmitzes too!  After driving all night (Esther did GREAT!) and starting the vaca off right with some Yolk, our first official outing was to the Aquarium.

Esther liked the fish and the turtles and especially anything that was noisy or bright.

She did not, however, like touching things...

This was the best pic of the whole group...the kids were getting HUNGRY!

 Then we went to Club Lucky for lunch, and to the Schmitzs' house for dinner.  It was so good to visit with friends who have been missing from our lives!

On Tuesday, we all went to the Children's Museum. Here's my attempt at a family pic:

There were tons of hands-on activities, so we were able to let Esther run a little wild.  There was a "snowball" pit, with soft snowballs you could throw, and build a snowman and sled through.

Theo grabbed the reigns and loved pulling Esther for a sleigh ride!

The water room was ingenius, but the raincoats didn't work...Esther got SOAKED.

But everyone had a great time!

For lunch, we went to Harry Caray's and made it home for naps all around.  Liz and David kept Esther Tuesday night for a special date.  They made reservations for us at Table 52, which was AWESOME.
Wednesday was a lazy day, where we ran a few errands and had some yummy sushi, then waited patiently for Liz and David to get back from the doctor!  One last dinner all together and a group pic:

Such a great trip!!  Special thanks to the Thompson and Schmitzs for feeding us and hosting us.  We miss them all so much - yay for road trips!!