Chicago

I can't stand it any longer. I am heading home this weekend to get some Grand Babies time! Since this was our last weekend in Illinois, Odie and I decided to do the tourist thing Chicago style. We headed out yesterday morning to Navy Pier in Chicago. The weather was really nice with a high of 68 degrees. The lake was awesome, dotted with sail boats of all sizes. There was a hot air balloon that you could ride.

We paid a one time fee of $24.99 to park. The lot was packed up to the 5th floor where we parked. All I could think was $100 every four cars. As the shock of the parking fee was wearing off, we passed small shops, carnival rides, and ran into one of the most beautiful museums I have ever seen. It was a stained glass museum. It consisted of a long hallway of glass that had been rescued over the past fifty years. These were amazing figures of glass built into lighted frames. This alone made the $24.99 worth paying! I have some pictures that I will post to flicker later, but the pictures can not do justice to the breathtaking beauty of these pictures.

We were starving and started checking out the restaurants. We decided to take a two hour brunch cruise on the Mystic Blue cruise ship. It just slowly cruises around the end of the pier, not far from shore; but the view of downtown Chicago is beautiful. The brunch was good, but the desserts were melt in your mouth, weight gaining fabulous! There was a huge chocolate fondue bowl to dip marshmallows, rice crispy treats, cantaloupe, pineapple, and strawberries in. I can't remember the names of the different small cakes, but I ate until I could hardly waddle onto the deck. Odie and I were already counting the days until our cruise next month, but this short cruise just made us more antsy for the next few weeks to pass as quickly as possible.

We watched some of the cutest little ones out on the dance floor making me miss my babies even more. Hopefully next week I will have new stories of the wisdom of my little ones.

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