This winter we took the kids to Chicago on the train. We visited the Lego store, American Girl, Michigan Avenue, Watertower Place, and Millenium Park, but really, we could have just taken the train back and forth and the kids would have been equally stoked.
The kids had their choice of any type of lunch they wanted. Yep, you guessed it, they chose McDonalds, where we um, er...enjoyed a $30 lunch. Wha?! Chad assures me that the prices are the same in Chicago as in Milwaukee but I beg to differ. Whoever heard of a $8 "value" meal?! Still, that was the only money we spent while there, and I imagine we are unlikely to get away with that again. Sylvie was drooling over the dolls, and Jack found a $400 Lego set that caught his fancy.
My Gramzie lived and breathed for her Chicago, and Chicago breathes life back into her for me. I can't visit there without thinking about her. So while the kids enjoyed the rhythmic rocking of the train and the Most Expensive Burgers Ever, I enjoyed reconnection to Gramzie.
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