Chicago Trip 2009

The trip to Chicago turned out to be a lot of fun.

The events started on Thursday when we met up with Rob and Anthony Migliore at the planetarium.  I don’t think Andrew has ever walked so much in one day as the Adler Planetarium was about 2 miles from the hotel.  Andrew was extremely excited to see Anthony and was asking about him on the drive up and was up at 6 am on Thursday announcing it was time to get up.   The Migliore’s joined us for the planetarium and then had to head home at noon for Anthony’s doctor appointment.   The show was shorter than I had hoped but it was amazing on what you could see… we did the “old” show that many of us saw in elementary school, it was very cool.

Andrew and Stacey with the Chicago Skyline

The weather downtown was great and don’t think we could have ordered better, it made the food and beer taste even better.   The rest of the day was a typical Noland event… drinking and eating.  I am pretty sure that we spent more on beer then food at the taste.   The food was great Andrew announced that Chicago is awesome.  He has finally experienced a bit of city life.

stacey enjoying one of the few adult beverages

Saturday was another busy day and we met the Burke’s (Mike, Jack and Will) at the Shedd Aquarium early (well 9am if you call that early) .  Mike said he and the boys have been there a few times as Jack has a shark fetish.  The kids had to get some shark stuffed animals at the gift shop, which Andrew has zero need for any more stuffed animals.  The aquarium has changed a lot since I had been there last.   After chasing around three toddlers for a few hours Mike decided a quick stop for one last adult beverage at the taste was in order before he headed home.

The last activity for the weekend was a trip to Schaumburg to see the old neighborhood and then to Rob’s house for a barbeque, we did not have time to walk around like I originally wanted or stop and see anyone… but it was fun to see the old house.    The barbeque at Robs house was fun to see some old faces, and Andrew got to go in the bounce house they rented… so another sweaty baby.

Andrew loves the bounce house

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We got back to the hotel downtown at about 9:30pm and quickly packed so we could get to bed for Sunday’s drive at 6am for the next part of our journey to Bigfork, Minnesota.

The trip to chicago turned out to be a lot of fun.

The events started on Thursday when we met up with Rob and Anthony Migliore at the planetarium. I don’t think Andrew has ever walked so much in one day as the Adler Planetarium was about 2 miles from the hotel. Andrew was extremely excited to see Anthony and was asking about him on the drive up and was up at 6 am on Thursday announcing it was time to get up. The Migliore’s joined us for the planetarium and then had to head home at noon for Anthony’s doctor appointment. The show was shorter than I had hoped but it was amazing on what you could see… we did the “old” show that many of us saw in elementary school, it was very cool.

The weather downtown was great and don’t think we could have ordered better, it made the food and beer taste even better. The rest of the day was a typical Noland event… drinking and eating. I am pretty sure that we spent more on beer then food at the taste. The food was great Andrew announced that Chicago is awesome. He has finally experienced a bit of city life.

Saturday was another busy day and we met the Burke’s (Mike, Jack and Will) at the Shedd Aquarium early (well 9am if you call that early) . Mike said he and the boys have been there a few times as Jack has a shark fetish. The kids had to get some shark stuffed animals at the gift shop, which Andrew has zero need for any more stuffed animals. The aquarium has changed a lot since I had been there last. After chasing around three toddlers for a few hours Mike decided a quick stop for one last adult beverage at the taste was in order before he headed home.

The last activity for the weekend was a trip to Schaumburg to see the old neighborhood and then to Rob’s house for a barbeque, we did not have time to walk around like I originally wanted or stop and see anyone… but it was fun to see the old house. The barbeque at Robs house was fun to see some old faces, and Andrew got to go in the bounce house they rented… so another sweaty baby.

We got back to the hotel downtown at about 9:30pm and quickly packed so we could get to bed for Sunday’s drive at 6am for the next part of our journey to Bigfork, Minnesota.