Chicago, Chicago
Unfortunately, with Braden in the Verona School District and Carson’s pre-school in the Madison School District, spring break was on different weeks for the boys. Still, they shared a Friday and Monday off, so we went down to Chicago for a four-day weekend.
The hotel room, by the way, was really hot. Despite the so-called air-conditioning, the room was always 80 degrees. Meanwhile, the tiny pool was never heated and was almost too cold to swim in.
The kids rode a taxi (and Uber) for the first time; Carson fell asleep in one of the rides. We got a babysitter on Saturday night so that we could watch the Badgers beat Kentucky at a Badger-friendly restaurant/bar called Prost.
We waited in line almost an hour to get into Shedd Aquarium, and the kids enjoyed seeing all of the underwater creatures (especially sharks). We also went to Navy Pier again; it’s been about two years since the last time. All of us rode the giant Ferris wheel together.
Brian played Frank Sinatra’s song “Chicago,” and it’s cute that Carson has been singing the lyrics “Chicago, Chicago” from time to time.
On our final night, we were amazed to learn our dinner waiter’s name was Jie (same as Braden’s Chinese name), and that he was from Baraboo.