And the Party Continues...in Chicago

We left last week for Chicago to visit my sister, Joy, and her family. Jacob did a great job flying. He looked out the windows and read the In Flight magazine.
He really is a good little kid to travel with.

The evening we got there we had the birthday cake Kristen had made for Jacob. My brother-in-law, Matthew, was out of town on business, so the next night he opened his b-day present from their family.



Talk about the birthday that keeps on giving. This was it! I'm just glad he is too young to remember it and won't expect a month long birthday every year.

Besides visiting, we went to the Children's museum with his cousin Ryan. The museum was too young for Ryan (who is 10), but it was fun that he would come and hang out with us and Jacob.



I had a pedicure with my sister Joy and niece Kristen (LOVED it!!). Went to the Science and Industry Museum with the family...there was a farm area where kids could climb up and drive a combine (those things are huge!) and a tractor. If Jacob had his way he could have sat in those things all day. But there were lines of other kids waiting to sit there too...so alas, he had to be pulled out and was not happy about it.
Finally the farm exhibit was too much for him (seeing those driving machines and not being able to drive them) so we went to other exhibits. One was a WWII german sub. It was amazing to hear about it, see where the men slept, the small kitchen and to hear how they didn't take a bath during the time they were on board. Water was saved for drinking, cooking, and cooling some of the machinery. 59 men for 70 days---ugh! Smelly!!
We also went to the zoo. They have a great one there--it is quite big and lots of great animal exhibits. Here is a picture of one of the baby giraffes and a beautiful lion.

Our last evening we had Chicago style pizza from Giradonos. It was delicious!
Jacob loved playing with his cousins and they were all so good to him. One morning Jason took these pictures of Michael and Ryan doing slam dunks in the BB hoop they have in the family room. The boys would run across the floor, jump on and then off of an ottoman and into the air to make these shots.
Looked pretty impressive. Actually, it was impressive in that I could never make a shot like that.
Ryan wears a BYU hat that Jacob wanted to wear (since Ryan was wearing it). Ryan was a good sport and let him wear it. We had a great time and I am ready to go back.
Besides having fun their weather was 65 degrees when we left and we came home to this. Is it spring yet???