As you know, we moved into the new house in less than three non-vacation days because we'd already planned our Chicago vacation with the assumption that we would have closed on the house by the time we flew out. We thought we would be a bit stressed out to leave behind such a mess, but the trip was actually a welcome distraction from the madness awaiting us at home. We spent the first day flying, doing a little shopping, socializing, and regressing on the Scott family trampoline. Eric split his pants during the making of this photo.
The next day we ventured from the suburbs into the city for authentic deep dish Chicago-style pizza on our way to the Cubs game! They lost (no surprise there) but we have now had the official bleacher bum experience.
Our third day in Chicago was spent sightseeing in the city. We rode the El, stopped by Chicago Lyric Opera, and found ourselves at the Bean. (See our reflection behind us?)
Then we happened to run into the crew of Transformers 3 filming on location. There were more childhood regressions when we sneaked a peak at Bumblebee! Further down the street was faux destruction and controlled mayhem for the shoot.
Then we had a tasty lunch on the river and explored the Tribune building where we found a little piece of central Florida all the way up in Illi-noise.
Our final stop in the city that day was the Museum of Science and Industry. We experienced a bit more regression mingling with the field trip kids, stopping by the ice cream parlor, and playing around on the exhibits.
The rest of our time was spent relaxing and spending time with our friends. All in all, it was a sweet little taste of a city new to us and a great time with Ollie and Rachel. They're flying in from England for a visit on New Year's Eve, so we're bound to have more adventures to write about in a few short weeks!
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