Chicago, here we come! Fortunately the stomach bug that "bit me" went away the night prior to our adventure. We woke up early Monday morning to make it to South Bend to catch the South Shore train heading into Chicago with my brother and his family. Our train ride was pretty uneventful, though I was very grateful by the time that we made it to Gary, IN that we had gotten on the train when we did so that we were actually able to sit down. Leah even made a friend on the train who was on her way back home to Texas. Hopefully the girls will be great pen pals.
Our plans for the day were to make it to the Field Museum and then to the Willis Tower, followed up by dinner then back to the train. We dodged the raindrops and made it to the Field Museum first. It was AMAZING!!!!!! I can't think of a better museum for my Jake. We saw: Sue(the most complete T-Rex and was named after it's discoverer), the Mammoths, the anamatronic Dinos(the highlight of Jake's day), and watched a 3-D movie about Sue. We left the museum and headed toward the Willis Tower(formerly Sears Tower, and will always be so for me). We got there and they told us that there would be zero visibility at viewing level but we figured that the clouds were starting to lift and we'd hopefully be able to see something soon. We weren't disappointed. The kids loved walking around up there and being in the clouds. We were still able to look down and see some of the city and traffic. The highlight were the Skydecks, which are glass boxes that protrude from the tower for people to stand in.
We left the Willis Tower and headed over to Giordano's Chicago-style Pizzeria for dinner. The service was good and the pizza was excellent, though I do not advise getting the famous Chicago-style pizza when you have 6 antsy children in tow since it has a 45-minute cook-time. After dinner it was time to head for the train. Unfortunately we didn't have room to sit on the train when we boarded. There were a couple of people that were nice enough to squeeze together so that our kids could sit down if they wanted to. The crowd thinned after we got into Indiana and we were all able to relax a bit. At last, we made it back to South Bend with our exhaustion being a true indicator of our fun-filled day. That day is one that will not soon be forgotten and we're so happy to have been able to share it with family. We're thankful for them and all that they did to make our day awesome.
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