Sick Bug

Finley woke up with a sore throat, stuffy nose and didn't want to eat breakfast.  We got to Aspen last night, so I don't have my usual sick kid stuff here (not even a thermometer!)  I am 99% sure she has a fever, poor bug.  She just wants to lay around and watch Cailou.  Hopefully she is feeling better soon!

Happy Birthday, Graham!

We celebrated Graham's birthday at Pump It Up, Finley had a blast. Her biggest excitement came from the fact that there were Star Wars cupcakes!

Play Day with Max

The week before we left for Chicago, Max came over to play with Finley at the Children's Museum. We had intended to go out on the boat, but rain got in our way. I think the kids were just as happy with the Museum!

Chicago: Day Six

Finley wanted to return to The Bean to do some more climbing, so we headed over there for the morning. There was a kid's area where she made a Chicago kite that she colored to look like the Chicago flag. She has really enjoyed playing with the kite. The symphony was practicing for their concert on Wednesday night, so we spent a little time listening to the music. After that we hopped on the subway to check out Wrigley Field. The Cubs had two games with the Milwaukee Brewers and we had tickets to the afternoon game. Finley had a hot dog and nearly an entire tray of nachos. We stopped at the gift shop on the way out to pick up a hat for Max since "he loves baseball!" We had dinner at Rosebud, which is the same owners as Carmines, so Finley could get some more "Daddy pasta" aka fettucine alfredo. She loves it!

Milwaukee: Day Two and Chicago: Day Five

Grandad headed out to the Harley Davidson Museum while Finley, Grammy and I headed to the Children's Museum. I think we definitely got the better end of that deal. There was even a Harley Davidson that you could ride at the Children's Museum, so it sounds like Grandad could have come with us. They had a little town like our museum, but there was a Post Office within it and mailboxes at each of the locations. Finley went crazy for sorting and delivering the mail. I think she touched nearly every piece of mail in the museum. We headed over to the Milwaukee Market for some lunch, then it was off to the train station to return to Chicago. We got checked in and walked over to Millennium Park. Finley loved "Cloudgate" aka The Bean. She really wanted to climb it!

Milwaukee: Day One

We took the Hiawatha train up to Milwaukee to spend a couple days exploring the town. We walked along the River Walk over to the lake during the afternoon. Finley had a blast dancing and running around the art museum area. We had dinner along the river, but had to move inside because it got a bit too chilly once the sun went down. On the walk home, Grandad and Finley met the Fonz...ay!

Chicago: Day Four

It was cool and overcast, but that didn't stop us from visiting the Lincoln Park Zoo for the day. Finley was super excited to see the bats in the zoo, just like her Batty from Arches National Park. She was also a big fan of the meerkats, giraffes and the stinky rhinos. Finley crawled into the bear log at just the right time. A black bear sauntered over and sat right down at the glass to visit with her. Her most favorite animal of the day was the polar bears, mainly because we don't have any in the Houston Zoo, so it is such a special treat to see the polar bears swimming around. Finley selected a new stuffed polar bear from the gift shop who she name "Poley." Poley gets along with all her animals and she loves him!