Mission accomplished!

Sarah and Simon spying on the meerkats.

Navy Pier-lego version!

I did what a few months ago I would have told you was impossible. Simon, Sarah, and I journeyed in the car to Melissa and Shane's house. Joseph could not join us due to his soccer coaching commitments. We left Sunday morning and returned last night and had a GREAT time. Simon and Sarah were perfect in the car both ways. Thank God for the DVD player.

Monday Simon and I went to Legoland-Chicago which just opened last week. It was really neat but COMPLETELY overpriced. We had to wait in line for about 1 hour to get in but Simon did really enjoy it. http://www.legolanddiscoverycentre.de/chicago/us

Tuesday began with a shopping trip to IKEA. I was on a mission to find Simon a desk. IKEA has a kids area that you can drop your preschool age kids off at for supervised fun while you shop. Simon and I agreed that many more stores need to do this. We also enjoyed an afternoon at the local public pool.

Wednesday was a trip to the Brookfield Zoo. It had been several years since I had been there and it was better than I remember it. Simon served as our tour guide. (He loves places that have picture maps). He told us where to go and what we should see next. Sarah enjoyed the zoo as well. He favorite part was the exhibit of newborn meerkats. She could have stayed there all day, I think.

Thanks again to Melissa and Shane for the terrific hospitality. We miss you guys already!