Whirlwind

It definitely has been a whirlwind of a week! We spent yesterday on a whirlwind trip to Chicago. We managed to squeeze in all of the things we wanted to do. Luckily, I'm going to visit again in a few weeks =).

Tomorrow I get to tour the site of the Extreme Home Makeover house. I don't really know what to expect, but I'm taking my camera. I kind of imagine we will have to wear hard hats. You can be sure I will post about the fun on here. They say they are expecting 10,000 spectators tomorrow! I'm glad I don't have to jockey for a spot in all of that!!

Well, we had a nice time on our quick trip. We got to meet up with one of our friends for lunch at Rainforest Cafe. Her husband was on business so he wasn't there, but it was a great to see her! They had some happy news to share--love happy news. We proceeded to go to the new American Girl "Museum" I mean store. It is truly really cool and much more spacious than the previous one. You could spend hours in there I'm sure! It kind of reminded me of a Disneyesque place. Everything is super cute! Keirah was asleep during the whole visit. We did some Christmas shopping there for both of the girls. We asked Aliyah what she wanted to pick out to buy and she picked probably the cheapest item in the store--a $7.00 pair of glasses for your doll. She loves them. That's all she asked for. I love that about her--it's really sweet that she doesn't beg for a bazillion items.

From AG, we visited one of my favorites--Coach. I love that place.

We looked at a few other stores and set out walking. Our goal was to be finished in time to eat an early dinner at PF Changs (Josh's favorite) before heading back to Union Station. We had a wonderful early dinner there and savored every bite (with some to take with us). Josh had to pace himself so he didn't just eat the whole plate which could feed a family. He had chicken fried rice & a tiramisu dessert shot. I had honey crispy chicken with white rice and a S'mores dessert shot. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Our train ride was adventurous as it was like riding with a circus animal (Kiki).

Oh yes, I couldn't resist posting about this. I had a couple of things get broken this week. My lamp got broken (the glass shade). Aliyah says it looks like a lion took a bite out of it =). In the process of the lamp breaking, a corner got broken off my nightstand drawer =(. The other thing is the chain to my journey necklace got broken. All of this happened on the same day. I didn't really sweat it as they are indeed just things. I am still using the lamp and nightstand, it just looks like that lion got a bite of glass =). As for my chain, I went to the jewelry store intending to purchase a new one. To my complete surprise, they GAVE me a brand new chain that is thicker and better! How cool are they??