Chicago for the Fourth

We spent a nice long extended weekend in Chicago for the 4th of July!  It was a wonderful time!  Tony and I spent our time learning to scuba dive (which I must say was more difficult than I expected...LOTS of fun though!)  While we were doing that, Olivia and Anthony were having a ball.  They went to the Build-A-Bear store, Chuck E. Cheese, and all over Crystal Lake.  Needless to say, they really didn't miss Mom and Dad much!  On Saturday night we all enjoyed this awesome meal called "The Dump" - we sat together while corn on the cob, shrimp, potatoes, sausage, and smokies were dumped in front of us.  We used the table cloth as our plates and our fingers as our utensils.  It was really good!  Each one for themselves!  On Monday, we went downtown Chicago to the Shedd Aquarium.  Olivia and Anthony enjoyed seeing the animals - although it felt like it was a thousand degrees and the streets were waaay crowded.  Downtown was fun to visit but I think the thing the children enjoyed the most was the train ride down.  After the busy weekend, we're probably going to need a couple of days to recover!