For The First Time

Highlights of our Chicago trip.
1. When we were getting into the city I said to Sarah "See Sarah it looks like the pictures mommy showed you of the city" to which she responded "well yeah but you didn't show me the pictures of the traffic"
2. When we were eating lunch at AG they give you a cute little box of questions to use while your waiting for your food. Sarah's response to the question If you could meet anyone famous who would you pick? she said Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift and Obama...not so funny.
3. To the question Which animal do you find the most beautiful? she replied a goose.
4. The girls were infactuated with the Sears Tower, one of the things we DIDNT do while we were there.
5. One of the things Sarah thought was the coolest...the toll booths. She was obsessed with asking how many more there were and how much they cost and if we missed any.
6. We went on a carriage ride through the city. While we were waiting for the next carriage to come along we talked to a very knowledgeable young man (he was 34). He told us all about the horses where they were kept how they were fed etc. Nana said "so how long have you been working here", he smiled and said "3weeks" We laughed cause we realized he didn't really know what he was talking about.
7. We spent 3 1/2 hours at the American Girl store, since we've been home Sarah has held her doll alot but hasn't bothered to go through the huge bag from the store and some of the boxes haven't even been opened yet.
8. Elizabeth's favorite part of the trip, the pool at the hotel.
9. I can tell you where the bathrooms are all along Michigan Ave and I know how to get around inside the Marriot (not our hotel) since Elizabeth had a UT and had to pee every half hour.
10. I now know that Nana sounds like Darth Vader when she sleeps.
11. I also know that a person only needs about 3 hours of sleep to function on a birthday weekend in Chicago.
12. Penelope (my GPS) doesn't always know the fastest, easiest, most direct route ANYWHERE!
13. I still love Chicago!
All & all a fun busy crazy weekend in Chicago that I hope Sarah never forgets. We are very grateful for Nana and all the time and money she put into the weekend.