Brian, Harrison & I went to Chicago on Friday to visit friends & see the city. We flew out Friday morning at 6:35 from Jackson to Memphis to pick up our friend Neal, then we flew from Memphis to Chicago where Clint picked us up. We had to get up really early Friday & Harrison was very confused about why he was awake at 5:00!
The Darby's live in Roscoe Village. Friday after we arrived, we walked down to Roscoe Avenue & ate lunch, delicious tacos! Then the boys went to a golf store while the girls put the babies down for naps. That night we ate deep dish pizza from Gino's East on the rooftop deck. Saturday, the girls went to a few stores in the neighborhood & the boys went to watch the Cubs play the Yankees.
my boys before the game
The babies played most of the day inside. Harrison's favorite thing about the trip was definitely the exersaucer that bounces!
After the game, the babysitters came over & all the adults went out to dinner! We had several suggestions for steak houses. We chose Benny's Chop House because they had a reservation. The food was delicious!! Our waiter was great & made wonderful suggestions for our meals & desserts. I highly recommend the smores cheesecake if anyone ever goes there. It comes complete with a giant roasted marshmallow on top.
Sunday morning, we lazed around the house for a little while. Then we went to visit the Museum of Science & Industry, which was really cool. It had lots of kid activities. There was a huge model train & an indoor tornado. The most interesting part to me was the U505 submarine from WWII.
Harrison slept through the first part of the museum.
Sunday was Father's Day & Clint's birthday. We celebrated by eating at a Spanish tapas restaurant, which was incredible! The boys had too much fun at the restaurant & fell asleep on the way home.
Monday morning, we rode into town with Clint (who was on his way to work) & walked around downtown. We ate breakfast at Lou Mitchell's. I had banana pancakes & Brian & Neal had french toast. Everything was so good! Next we went to the Architectural Boat Tour. It was kind of a dreary day so Harrison & I rode on the inside of the boat. We still had a great view of all the buildings in downtown Chicago. Our guide was very knowledgeable & provided us with lots of history. Brian took lots of pictures, but I won't bore you with pictures of buildings. Instead, I will show you what a good tourist Harrison is!
We ate lunch at Portillo's, Chicago dogs & beef steak. Yummy!
and visited Garrett's popcorn
Monday night we got another babysitter & had an adult meal in Little Italy. I think we covered all of our bases as far as types of restaurants to experience in Chicago! We had such a wonderful time. Our hosts were amazing! Harrison was a very good traveller! He even sat in a high chair for most of his meals at home.
This big boy is 6 months old today! He is getting too big too fast! We started peas yesterday, another food he loves! I think he is going to be a good eater like his parents! We go for a check up & shots on Friday, I will post 6 month stats after that.
