Chicago Trip

Our trip to Chicago was so wonderful

The weather was perfect and we all had such a great time being together.

We started at the American Girls store where the girls spent their hard earned money. :)  Riley bought a new doll and Janey bought the wheelchair and the Get Better Kit complete with crutches and a finger splint! (she has a thing for medical emergencies).  We surprised them and took them to the American Girl lunch right there in the store.  They thought that was so neat and wanted to buy the little chairs they have so your dolls can sit along side you at the table.  They served us a fancy 4 course meal complete with a candle in Riley's flower pot chocolate mousse. The girls felt so fancy!  Oh...and Aubrey surprised us all with doing 

"So Big" for the very first time right in the middle of lunch. 

{aren't these collages the coolest?  Did it through Picasa...if you click it it gets bigger...}

Of course the next biggest highlight of the whole trip was the hotel pool.

The splashes and squeals were nonstop.  

It was Aubrey's first time in the water and she loved it.

After playing in the hotel for a bit we took Riley out to dinner for her birthday.

{see all those dolls tucked in for bed...please don't think we are indulgent parents all but 2 were gifts!:) }

...Miscellaneous Memories... 

the girls highlighting the route in the car

running through the hotel hallways trying not to "touch black"

reading on the bench near the elevator in our pj's because Aubrey was sleeping

scary eye-shaped doorknobs

homemade straw snorkels 

swimming in the pool at 6:30 AM!!!

the girls singing Aubrey to sleep in the car

Laurie Berkner music

...I don't want to forget you...