Our school is one of the few schools that has winter vacation. I didn't know that. Another thing that I didn't know is that everyone in our school goes away for the winter vacation. I was thinking about little trips or play dates for a whole week, then I found out that everyone was going away for a sky vacation. P had his own plans - business trip of course - and the house started to stink again. I wasn't looking forward to stay home. I decided to go downtown Chicago with the girls, take a hotel and stay for 1 night, 2 days.
The weather heard about this, I think, all of a sudden it was nice and sunny, way above zero Celsius (between 5 and 10, good enough for us). I reserved at a hotel downtown, really downtown. Chic hey! Tuesday morning, I had a hard time waking up. The night before, I was thinking about leaving early, but when the morning comes, oh, that pleasant feeling of your bed... You all know it I guess. Half hour later than planned, I got under the shower. Then I thought it was a pity to leave late. Somehow, we managed to park the car right on time at friends' house who lives close to the train station and took the 8:22 train. Once in the city, we took a cab to the hotel and after a call to the theatre, we left to see 'Alice in Wonderland'. I was amazed with the way it all went perfectly on schedule. The play was not in a small neighborhood theatre as I expected. It was a really big thing. And of course, it was not empty, not on a Tuesday morning on a school day. The school was there. After the show, maybe 10 school buses came to pick the kids up! I am talking about a major crowd.
You probably know the story of Alice, it is all a dream. You cannot make much sens of what's happening. If you add that the fast English, the jokes that not quite made for kids of 2 or 5 and a theatre full of school kids are talking continuously, I don't think F and A got much of the play. Well, honestly, I missed half of it. Luckily we knew the story from the Disney book - from the series P thought it was stupid to buy, haha let me poke him here -, so we enjoyed it. It was well done, very cute and the effects were nice, too.
Around 11, when we left the theatre, we were tired like we had a whole day behind us. I decided to walk a while, enjoy the sun and the nice weather. We were close by the museum campus. I thought the museum of science and industry, our next destination shouldn't be too far. By the aquarium, the kids got tired of walking and the wind and we luckily took a cab. I say luckily because the Museum of Science and Industry was nowhere close by. It took us 10-15 minuted by taxi to get there. Once at the museum, we headed for the food court. A little bit food and a glass of sugary juice makes miracles. In no time we were back on our feet, full of energy. The museum was great, I will not list all we saw. I think the most interesting for the kids was the little new born chicks, just out the eggs. Super cute.
Hours later, we left the museum. Back to the hotel to rest... for the kids and my poor feet. Then we left for dinner. I found a nice cafe restaurant in my 'Chicago with kids' book and it turned out to be the perfect place to go on a Tuesday evening with the kids. We had a lovely dinner, a real girls nite out. I even enjoyed sipping my little cocktail. The name of the restaurant is Jack Melnick's Corner Tap.
Amazingly nice on time, we were in bed.
Next day, the weather was changed. Rainy, foggy and of course windy. After an easy morning, we left the hotel. A almost flow because of the wind, I hardly held the taxi door open. We arrived to the Chicago Children's Museum, our address for the day. It was, again, a success. We spent the whole rainy day inside, enjoying ourselves. We took the train after 4 p.m. and arrived home around 5.30.
The kids are in bed now and the smell of the house is less. I am writing this, drinking tea and watching Bridget Jones for the 500th time. Nice!
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