Lily, Amy, Lydia, Mary, Emerson and Isabel had one more day in Chicago. First they had fun in their hotel room.
Then they went to breakfast and enjoyed the beautiful designs in their cups.
Then they did some bike riding and the weather was perfect!!
Then they went to the Shedd Aquarium.
And they finished Chicago where they started….at the bean 🙂
Meanwhile, I was having a sleepover at my mom and Jay’s house with Ammon and Clarissa. I stayed up the night before chatting with my mom and it was so fun to talk with her. In the morning, she made us waffles, sausage, and bacon. Then I took the kids to the tree museum in Ogden, basically an educational play area for kids. I like these pictures because it looks like Clarissa is really thinking about her moves. She has no idea how to play Chess and the game lasted maybe 30 seconds. Ammon does have an idea to play from all the times he plays chess on his Kindle.
Eventually they upgraded to a larger set 🙂
For some reason, I cannot get the two links below to embed. They are videos of Ammon and Clarissa 1) watching a block-tower tumble in slow-motion (I love the facial expressions) and 2) playing with the parachute tube.
https://youtube.com/shorts/VNsvIOwoLUc?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/8xSthmxyswE?feature=share
After our outing, David and Olivia came to my mom’s house and they brought Oslo! It is the first time I’ve seen my new Nephew!! Isn’t he cute!! Lily’s been insisting to me that his name is Ollie because she saw it in a photo that David and Olivia have shared, but David and Olivia clarified Ollie is the brand of his swaddler, and the brand name is right on the front of it, and it has confused people. They have another family member now that has been calling him Ollie, lol. The do call him Oslo though 🙂
We all had a great lunch together, and then Clarissa and I napped. Then I napped again. Then we all had diner (my mom made fish) and then I stayed up late talking to Jay. My favorite part of that conversation is when he reminisced about when he used to play Star Craft with his grandkids, Alex and Austin. He lit up as he told about one of the happiest memories of his life. I loved sharing that with him.
I’m sad I didn’t take pictures of my mom and Jay with the kids. But we had a really good time.