Road Trip 2009

We did a family vacation last weekend. It started off with a Brewers game last Friday night. Alex's only request was that we get peanuts to eat during the game.

Saturday we headed down to Chicago. First stop was the museum campus near Soldier Field. We hit the Shedd Aquarium and it was really neat! We didn't get to do the dolphin show, but we did see the big sharks, stingrays, a few big snakes, sea lions, beluga whales, big fish, little fish, you name it. Very cool! We then headed down toward the Adler Planetarium just to soak up the sun and enjoy the gorgeous Lake Michigan lakefront.

The next stop was the Sears Tower. We bought our tickets ahead of time online so while we had to wait to go through security, we got to skip over the "buy your tickets here" line. After a short movie about this history of the tower, up we went! Alex did great in the elevator... he enjoyed seeing all the buildings from the sky and finding shapes. He and Craig walked out on the Ledge... the see through cut outs that stick out from the top of the building. I walked up to the Ledge, looked over it, but didn't step out on it. Alex's quote: "I've got the whole world in front of me up here." After that, we had Chicago-style pizza at Giordano's, then it was back to the hotel.

Sunday we headed back to the city for an architectural boat tour. It's the same tour I did in August with my friend Sangeeta. The boys liked it. Alex was just excited to ride on a boat.

After grabbing some lunch, it was Alex's turn to behave like a kid in a candy store... or more accurately, a kid in the Lego store! Life-sized Darth Vader made of Legos, life-sized R2-D2 made of Legos. Two smaller sets of Lego's to take home. He was ecstatic. Next time we're going to hit the Lego wall, where you can get a small or large container and fill it with any color and shape of Legos you can imagine. Next time!

Then a quick spin through Millennium Park (which is amazing) and we were on our way back to Milwaukee.

I was hoping to connect with my friend Zenna... but Alex was getting crabby and then he passed out in the car (after not napping all weekend) and I couldn't bear to wake him up.
So I'm hoping to catch up with her soon... we're both expecting and we need a "dueling bellies" pictures! We've known each other since kindergarten, we were in each other's weddings, we need a pregnant pals picture!!! We've only got a few more months to go!

I will try to add pictures soon!