My Kind of Town, Chicago Is....

Well, maybe. If you are someone who likes ridiculous amounts of traffic. (I don't. And the kids really don't!) Sure, there are great sites and great eats there, but if you can't get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time, what good is it? Me, I prefer good ol' Indy. Plenty to do; nice people; and a city you can get around in. And a place where you do not have to spend the equivalent of 1 months salary just to park for an hour! But anyway, I think you all already caught on to my city preference. (If not, please see Super Bowl posts from the month of January.)

Nonetheless, we found ourselves in the Windy City last week on the mission of visiting some of hubby's family. Princess Keira wanted to make an appearance to spread goodwill. She returned to the city where she became a US citizen and topped that by finally meeting her paternal grandfather, an aunt and uncle. Hopefully we'll get to see the rest of the gang on our next visit.

Besides K getting to meet some more of her family, we experienced other firsts on the trip as well....

It was our first family road trip in the new car:

and our first family swim in a pool:

It was also our first family-of-4 stay in a hotel, complete with pillow-fight:

Don't worry about the munchkin here. She looks a little tortured, but she was really having some fun. Really. And after the pillow fight, we gathered 'round to watch a movie (Cars - Q's favorite) and eat popcorn. Two more firsts for K, and a big success as well.

On the way out of Chicago, Quinn offered the following observations: This city has lots of tall buildings. Lots of people live in them.

And some have rockets on top.

He's a quick-study, eh? That preschool education is paying off.