Vacation Part 3 - Our Big Day At Wrigley Field

We bought Cubs beanies so we could keep our heads warm in the cold of outside the night before. Well I bought a Cubs beanie while Don bought a Wrigley Field beanie, he said that he couldn't betray his team! So he can support the field.
We woke up Wednesday morning and it was snowing! I called the Cubs hotline and the game had been called due to rain and snow. The field had a few inches of snow in the morning! Oh no! Devastaing for Don, he was mostly excited about seeing the historic Wrigley Field. Oh so sad! We were both bummed but Don mostly.
So instead we went to the Adler Planetarium and saw the Mercury Capsule. It is so small! I can't even believe that NASA had 2 adult men in this small capsule.
This was an interesting we did a bunch about how the ancient people used astrology and star mapping to predict planting patterns and so forth. Brooklyn got to dress up like she was a student of Galieo and a Syria King. She also got to make a crater using a "meteor" it was a paint ball machine that shot into "moon dust" it was all inclosed in bullet proof glass so no one gets hurt.

After that we went to the Aquarium, I wasn't allowed to take pictures there because it harms the animals. So I have very few of that. We drove past Soldier Field - it looks weird with the bleachers extending up the top. But we got to see it!
Before, during and after we tried to keep warm waiting at bus stops and what nots. Don said I looked a bit muslim. Notice the dark circles under my eyes....this is going going going for days with little sleep. That is why I tried to stay behind the camera and not infront of it.

This is Lake Michigan - through the reflections you can see the waves crashing against the shore.
For dinner we went down to Portillos it is the home of world famous Chicago dogs. Now I don't eat hot dogs, but luckily for me there is also Barnelli's, a pasta place in the same building.
I am so very proud of Brooklyn and Don for trying the dogs Chicago style. Chicago dogs are all beef dogs with mustard, sweet relish, sport peppers, chopped onion, and tomato slices and a Claussen pickle (dill) and celery salt . They loved them! No ketchup on these dogs! I on the other hand had spaghetti.

This is Brooklyn sleeping, with all of her dolls she sleeps with and her trying not to wake up as I was trying to wake her up.
Thursday we had a lazy day. Pretty wiped out and it was very cold and very windy, so we stayed pretty close to home. We went to the Hancock Building again hung out there to stay warm. We had lunch at Cheesecake Factory, Don had never been there before, he enjoyed it so much we went back, and it is in the Hancock Building so we didn't have to brave the cold.

Me shopping at the Hancock.

Sleeping on the job. Guess I am not the only one that looks tired!

That afternoon Stacie, Brooklyn and I had an appoitment for tea with Niki, Brooklyn's American Girl Doll, at the American Girl Place Cafe. It was soo cute! Everything is decorated so cute! So girly! We ate sweet treats and Brooklyn had hot cocoa, I had pink lemonade and Stacie had hot green tea. It was so cute! So enjoyable!

Stacie drove us around a bit, up Lake Shore Parkway, and then dropped us off. We laid around for a while, we called Dinner in to Portillo's. Brooklyn and Don needed another Chicago Dog. We learned that while we are in the mid-west if you say "DON" like we say Don they think that you are saying "Dawn" even Stacie's friend Kelley asked why his name was "Dawn" and not "Daaaaaan". The accent is hard to portray here, but call me and I will say it for you! :)

Anyway when we ordered dinner under for Don to pick up, he got there and it was held for "Dawn"! hahaha we had a good laugh!

To be continued....Friday....the first day with Sun!