Chicago: Family Style

2 Parents

2 Kids

2 Nights in downtown Chicago

On Monday, we packed up our car and headed to Chicago to spend a few days before driving to Omaha for the summer for John's internship.

We didn't arrive in Chicago until about 6pm on Monday, so we didn't do too much besides check in to our hotel, and go out to eat at The Grand Lux Cafe. Which is actually a big deal, because the food there is DELICIOUS! (Think Cheesecake Factory but better...I would HIGHLY recommend the Beignets!)

On Tuesday, we walked to the Lincoln Park Zoo (which is free btw), where we spent the morning looking at animals, riding the train and carousel, climbing, and otherwise enjoying the beautiful weather.

Makenna really wanted to hold the baby gorilla, but for some reason couldn't get it out of it's mom's arms.

They had this great indoor climbing area that Makenna loved. She spent a good 45 mins. climbing in this thing.
The carousel
A view of downtown Chicago from Lincoln Park.
After a stop at our hotel where we all took naps, we walked down to the Children's Museum at Navy Pier (we did A LOT of walking). We got in free because of our membership to the Children's museum in Bloomington, so that was a plus. Makenna and Hudson both had so much fun at the Museum. There were tons of different, fun areas to explore.

Here are a few pictures:


The museum had these great areas for non-walkers that Hudson just loved. Here he is trying to kiss himself in the mirror. He did this for about 15 minutes...it was pretty funny to watch.
We actually had a really great time in Chicago. There is so much to do there, and a lot of it is very family-friendly. On Wednesday we headed up to 6 Flags for the day(...post to come).