After a long week (actually it was a "short week" with Memorial Day, but it sure felt like the longest week ever) Saturday we had a family fun day.
First stop, the forest preserve at Bunker Hill. This place is just acres and acres of open grass and forest with trails and convenient bathrooms! Alli and Ruby rolled in the grass and picked dandelions and clover blossoms. We found some tadpoles in a small pond. We watched a hawk snatch up a small, unsuspecting bird. We brought frisbees and toys to play in the grass. The warm sun and cool breeze relaxed June; she slept the whole time.
Alli posed this picture. The water bottle HAD to be in it... because it is "so cute."
We left the park and headed east... to the leaning tower?!?! What?!
There was a whole park around this replica. We will have to explore it more fully another time.
We stopped for gas and a car wash. Ruby did not like the car wash... until we did some quick-thinking-pretending! Aaaah! There's an octopus on our car! The hula skirt is going to get us!
We hadn't had enough fun yet, so we sought out a playground we had never been to before.
New parks are always more fun. This one up in Skokie had lots of climbing apparatus.
We worked up a good appetite, so next stop was Old Orchard Mall. This place has fountains and play areas between the stores... an outdoor mall. We strolled through and stopped for macaroni at one place, pizza at another place, etc... sharing each course. Lots of playing and eating. All good things.
The day was so fun, but it left me wondering why we hadn't ventured to these places long ago. We stay in a 3-mile bubble most of the time. There is a lot to do in our bubble... beach, zoo, museums, parks, downtown, shopping, trails... we love it in here. But sometimes it is so nice to leave for the day.
Where do you go when you escape your bubble?
First stop, the forest preserve at Bunker Hill. This place is just acres and acres of open grass and forest with trails and convenient bathrooms! Alli and Ruby rolled in the grass and picked dandelions and clover blossoms. We found some tadpoles in a small pond. We watched a hawk snatch up a small, unsuspecting bird. We brought frisbees and toys to play in the grass. The warm sun and cool breeze relaxed June; she slept the whole time.
Alli posed this picture. The water bottle HAD to be in it... because it is "so cute."
We left the park and headed east... to the leaning tower?!?! What?!
There was a whole park around this replica. We will have to explore it more fully another time.
We stopped for gas and a car wash. Ruby did not like the car wash... until we did some quick-thinking-pretending! Aaaah! There's an octopus on our car! The hula skirt is going to get us!
We hadn't had enough fun yet, so we sought out a playground we had never been to before.
New parks are always more fun. This one up in Skokie had lots of climbing apparatus.
We worked up a good appetite, so next stop was Old Orchard Mall. This place has fountains and play areas between the stores... an outdoor mall. We strolled through and stopped for macaroni at one place, pizza at another place, etc... sharing each course. Lots of playing and eating. All good things.
The day was so fun, but it left me wondering why we hadn't ventured to these places long ago. We stay in a 3-mile bubble most of the time. There is a lot to do in our bubble... beach, zoo, museums, parks, downtown, shopping, trails... we love it in here. But sometimes it is so nice to leave for the day.
Where do you go when you escape your bubble?
2 comments:
next time you are up here, please call us! would love to get together esp if you are a quarter a mile away from our house :)
also, if you come up, we could watch you kiddies if you wanted to go to the holocaust museum.
That is one cute little water bottle. I don't blame the photographer for insisting on including it.
I love that last picture of you and June! Hot momma with cute babe!
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