On Saturday we took Tizita on her annual "back to school" advventure.
This year we took her to the Willis Tower, which she refers to as the Serious Tower, and which I will from now on refer to as the Sears Tower both in this post and in life.
Started out as the Sears Tower and it shall remain that in my book.
We took the train.
Tiz's first train ride and she loved it. So did John since it meant he did not have to fight the Chicago traffic.
We arrived in Chicago around 9:30 and headed to the Sears Tower.
We had to wait about an hour but with the movie and othe distractions, the hour went quickly and before we new it, we were up on the Ledge on the 103rd floor.
Tiz loved stepping out on top of Chicago.
Here re a few photos from the train and the Serious Tower.
We had lunch in the Sears Tower before walking to Grant Park and seeing the big fountain.
From there, we were off to Millennium Park with its mirror bean and great splash pads.
This year we took her to the Willis Tower, which she refers to as the Serious Tower, and which I will from now on refer to as the Sears Tower both in this post and in life.
Started out as the Sears Tower and it shall remain that in my book.
We took the train.
Tiz's first train ride and she loved it. So did John since it meant he did not have to fight the Chicago traffic.
We arrived in Chicago around 9:30 and headed to the Sears Tower.
We had to wait about an hour but with the movie and othe distractions, the hour went quickly and before we new it, we were up on the Ledge on the 103rd floor.
Tiz loved stepping out on top of Chicago.
Here re a few photos from the train and the Serious Tower.
Tiz said the splash pads were her favorite part of Chicago after the Serious Tower.
Our next plan was to walk to Navy Pier, but best laid plans...
We never did make it to Navy Pier due to a bunch of high rise condos set in the middle of our path with no outlet.
We decided to shop on Michigan Avenue for a bit and found a three story candy store.
Tiz loved it. She reminded me of Charlie in the Chocolate Factory.
When we were leaving the candy store, we found this:
We just had to laugh.
It was now too late to take this secret stairway to Navy Pier, so we got some dinner at a cute little restaurant right on the river.
It was a yummy, relatively inexpensive dinner and we all enjoyed it very much.
We had a very nice view of Trump Tower.
We had to take this photo on the outside chance that the Donald becomes our next president!
After dinner, we took the riverwalk back toward the train station.
It was a bit of a hike, but Tiz was such a trooper and never once complained, John, on the other hand, could not stop talking about his sore feet!
We made it back to the train station and had a great trip back to Milwaukee.
It was so much fun to take Tizita on this adventure.
I wonder how we will top this one!
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