A three day business trip for Nancy meant mini-vacation for the whole family.  We got the entire family up at 3:30am and hopped a Monday morning flight to Chicago - oh, how the business travelers absolutely loved Veronica and Paul!  Didn't matter, the little ones were way too cranky to notice the evil glares.  We hit the ground running and were off to Shedd Aquarium for the afternoon.  The good folks at Nancy's company knew she was bringing in her family and offered us corporate box seats right behind home plate at U.S. Cellular field to see the White Sox and Indians play ball.

We were at it again on Tuesday with a brisk walk to Navy Pier.  We hit all the shops and eateries. The babies got to terrorize the Chicago Children's Museum.  We then cabbed it to Buckingham Fountain and ate hot dogs while fighting the mist from the fountain, the wind, and the aggressive pigeons.  Michael, by the way, hailed all of our cabs like he was born in the big city.  That night we took a quiet stroll from our hotel in "the Loop" over to Sears Tower to see the city by night.

Our flight left Midway at 2pm so we spent Wednesday morning at the hotel pool.  It was a quick trip but we managed to squeeze a whole lot of Chicago into it - even authentic Chicago pizza!