Monday, September 21, 2009

Day 6 of Vacation: Tuesday, September 8 in Chicago!

After our visit in Steve's hometown, we drove into the city of Chicago to spend 2 days with Brooks, Reese and Sloane. The city was amazing...so much to do and see.

The day we arrived into the city, Oprah was filming her season premiere show and several streets were blocked off. We did hear (could not see because it was so crowded) The Black Eyed Peas!

We spent day 1 visiting the Shedd Aquarium and later at the Lincoln Park Zoo! A busy day but the Trio were troopers!
Here is a view of the city from our hotel room! Isn't it nice? We were on the 26th floor!!
The Trio LOVED the dolphins at the aquarium! They laughed and giggled every time they swam near the window...so cute!

Here we are looking at the large fish tank at the entrance to the aquarium...


The Trio also loved the penguins!



Heading into the aquarium...

Eating lunch at the aquarium.... If I lived in Chicago I would eat lunch here everyday! The view was beautiful!



A family photo outside of the aquarium...not sure what Brooks was doing to Steve's ear...


A little nap during the drive from the aquarium to the zoo!!


The Zoo! I think we are a little cranky!

Monkeys!
This little guy decided to hang from his rope and then proceed to "pee pee" on the window...nice! The Trio thought it was funny...



I have never been this close to a giraffe!


Alligator!


We also saw lions, tigers, polar bears, zebras, and gorillas. It was hot that day at the zoo so many animals were inside.
After the zoo, we went back to the hotel.
Here is the Trio playing in the window seat of our room....fun! They were each allowed to chose one stuffed animal from the zoo...as you can see, Sloane LOVED her giraffe and Reese LOVED her alligator!


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