The Adventure Continues!!

Well, our visit to the aquarium was fun. I was a little irked by the line management, or lack there of......and a couple of rather rude employees. Especially the one who told us to get moving, while we were trying to put the barriers back that someone else had knocked down!!! Had to love Amy who sort of barked back at him..."We were trying to fix your fence buddy!!" I think you need to handle with kitt gloves after they have stood in the COLD for an hour!!! And while I am complaining.....just one more thing and I will move on.......you get a ticket, plan your time, sit in a crowd for a half hour, and see the dolphin jump 3 times...REALLY??

But, on the up side, just seeing Lukas' reaction to the dolphins and the whales made all that worth it!!!

Alrighty then!

We moved on to our hotel, and it was really nice and the view from the rooms was great!

As you can see someone found her bed right away!!

After resting for a few I went to the front desk and asked for recommendations for dinner, keeping in mind we had a tired 2 yr. old along. The suggestion was a place called Lou Malnati's, that was just a few blocks away. It wasn't too busy when we first arrived and luckily they suggested we order while we waited and it would be ready when we were seated...It was AWESOME!!!!

A you can see someone was more than satisfied!!!

Then it was on to dessert!!! They had a chocolate chip pizza, that from the responses at the table, got a A1+ rating!!

After we returned to the hotel we had about an hour before the pool closed!! After seeing this I wasn't sure if I wanted to go along or wait in the room....again, because of Lukas I was willing to deal with the embarrassment!!! :)

But, before we could leave I had to try out the Nook. Still trying to figure this thing out......!!!!
Good thing the flash covers a little of the grey!!


Time to head.........haha.....to the pool....
...........GET IT!?!?! HEAD.....man I crack me up!!

Lukas liked taking on the elevator operator duties!!

I absolutely LOVE this picture.....without a doubt Dave loves this little boy!! It has been one of my greatest joys watching him with Lukas!

Warms my heart!!

Then it was Lukas and daddy time!

Dave and Jesse decided that a little race across the pool would be fun.....can you tell by the way other people were staring that they were causing a small tsunami!!! Dave thinks he won!!! We will let him think that if it makes him feel better!

Lukas decided that it was time to head back to the room so he wanted to help pull daddy out of the pool......

PULL!!!

Gpa on the other hand wanted to float for a few more minutes!!

I thought this was cute.....on the wall of the building next to the pool by the hotel was a lattice skyline!!!

Lukas joined us in our room to scope out the weather conditions!!!

Yes, it snowed over night.

FYI, I have never stayed in a hotel where even though we turned OFF the heat it was still way to HOT!!!

Plan had been to head over to the "Sears Tower" and the sky deck......a little socked in so an adjustment in plans!!

That's how he ROLLS!!!!

First stop....the Disney Store....and yes it is possible that someone scored a few new toys!!!

Kind of looks like a scene out of ET doesn't it!?!?

He was still having tummy issues but, man what a little trooper! He didn't have much of an appetite, but no fever, and through it all, he tried to enjoy himself!

We almost lost Jesse at NikeTown!!

Showing Mickey and Pluto around NikeTown....gma was not all that impressed with this store, or the Garmin store either!!

At this point he had enough.....and needed a nap!! We bundled him up put the shade on the stroller down and headed out into the snow!!

My girl posing with the gargoyle!!!
She is the BEST daughter any mom or dad could ask for....we are so proud of her!!

Some of Sarah's friends suggested we try a restaurant!! It was a little ways from where we were parked but, off we walked!!

For anyone who has never heard of the place....it is a MUST Go to place!!
Seating for 5 weirdo's and a brat please, and they threw us some hats!!

A hat for Pluto!!

Another for Mickey!!

But, no matter how we tried......NO hat for him!!!

An explanation.......when you go here the expectation is you are going to get abused, and abused we were!!!

Who abused us?? .......KITTY!!!

She insisted that we hurry and figure out what we wanted, threw our straws at us, told us to hurry up she didn't have all day.......

..........and best of all looked at Dave and said ..."SOOOOOOOOOO what do you want GRIZZLEY!!!...Could not have been more perfect!!! The entire table cracked up!! We all know Dave has occasionally had an issue with hair maintenance!!!

This is the inside and a view of the performance area!! Yup, the wait staff danced for us!!

Daddy and daughter!!

This was while Jesse was trying to explain to Amy that this was not a bathroom that he should have taken Lukas too!!!

Yup, Jesse braved it and went for the big wiener......or did Kitty call him a big wiener, I am not sure!! :)

Trust me.......It's better if you just DON'T ASK!!!! :) :)

Lukas enjoying what is claimed to be the worlds smallest sundae!!

We had a really good time here...and would like to go again sometime!!

We made one last stop and saw this on the wall.....If this was another kind of blog I might make a comment....but it is a family blog so we move on!! :)

With that is was time to hike back to the car.....

One last picture in the parking garage....and yes that is snow on my hair, not dandruff!!

Lukas and Sharkey ready for the trip home!!

Believe it or not this was my first trip to Chicago as a tourist. We were there years ago for a boat show, but didn't take in the town. All in all it was a great time.

Time with this family is always so VERY SPECIAL to me and I am so GRATEFUL!!!!