The Windy City...Day 2

Piper, Teagan, Aftyn and Chloe in front of Shedd Aquarium.

Chloe and Teagan heading out to swim.

Piper and Taffy staying close to shore.

Wholey Cow!!!

We got up on Friday morning and went down to The Shedd Aquarium.  That took 2 hours to get there on public transportation (however, I wouldn't want to drive there--they're Crazy!!)  We finally got there and, it was of course lunch time.  I wanted to eat before we left the hotel area but my wise husband said, "Let's just eat when we get there.  It won't take that long."  (I also have a STRONG history of car sickness)  So we look around at a few things and the aquarium has the most AMAZING view of Lake Michigan!!  It's breath taking to say the least!!  And we eat and the whole time, Teagan and Chloe and Piper are saying, "Can we go to the beach yet?  Can we get out of here and go to the beach?"  So we look at a few more things and finally we gave in and leave.  We debate over which beach to go to and decide to go to the one we saw on our memorable bike ride.  Which is quite a hike or a 15 minute water taxi ride.  Shane, being the cheapskate that he is, said let's just walk, it's only right over there...I just checked mapmyrun.com and it was 1.94 miles.  That's a LONG way for a 4 and 5 year old to walk!!  It took us a solid hour if not longer.  I can't remember exactly.  "It didn't look that far," my very Wise husband said.  Uugghh...  Atleast Taffy got a 30 minute nap on our walk.  Finally, we got to the beach and the girls had a great time splashing in the water!  

Our hotel was next to Harry Caray's Restaurant so we, of course, had to eat there.  They had this cow out front that the girls thought was pretty cool.  The food was not bad but I have to vent for a minute and it's not just this restaurant.  Yes, we have SIX people in our family but does Aftyn really count when I don't even order her a meal??  I think it's BS that they AUTOMATICALLY add gratuity since we are a party of SIX!!  It's one thing if she ate something, but she's an infant for goodness sake!!!  Anyway, enough about that...-AS