Well we celebrated Elizabeth's 11th B-day while we were in Chicago, and I think it was a great day! We started with breakfast out and then headed to the Field Museum with Sue the T-Rex. It was a huge place and again more than we could really handle in one morning. We did the best we could and then headed back to get cleaned up for dinner at American Girl and a little AG shopping. We ended that day with a water taxi ride back to the end with our hotel and called it a very successful day!
Matthew did this lovely artwork for Elizabeth that morning at the Yolk restaurant!
The Field Museum and Sue the T-Rex!
This was a huge and impressive building even if you didn't look at all the stuff in it!
We had to cross the tracks to get to everything we went to and that day we finally saw a train going under!
We stopped at Hersheys on the way to American Girl so Elizabeth could make herself a personalized souviner, and she did. This was not it, because that bar costs $40.00!!!!!!
Here we are at dinner in American Girl, she had a special drink called the Cherry Blossum! 
Matthew had a little hot chocolate!
Elizabeth at dinner with her Hershey's Bar!
Happy birthday, we sang and had the cutest little desserts!
Back to the Navy Pier to catch the water taxi!
Great views from the water!
Soldiers Fountain, the opening of Married with Children!
Tired and done with walking around the City, he was ready for some country living!
Goodbye City Life......
We left the City the fourth day around noon and headed out to Indiana Dunes! The water was a balmy 71 degrees and the kids enjoyed cooling off.
Once we got to Aunt Darlene and Uncle Terry's we relaxed and enjoyed a family meal, which I should have taken pictures of but didn't:( so our first pics are at the Zoo in South Bend. We had been to this Zoo a couple years earlier and the kids had enjoyed it, Matthew especially likes the train.
We also enjoyed a trip to the South Bend Chocolate Factory, we took a tour of the Factory and enjoyed their small museum that is all about their history there with chocolate. Of course we got some samples too!
Don't you love the hair nets?
This is a zuchinni!!!!!
Matthew rode everything with wheels that they would let him ride and they both enjoyed a horseback ride, thanks cousin Kyle!!!!!
We got there just in time for sweet corn coming in and we ate it everday and even took some home and ate it until it was gone. Thanks Uncle Terry!
Thanks to Aunt Darlene, Uncle Terry and Cousin Kyle for housing, feeding and tolerating us for four days, we love you all and hope to see you again soon! A extra huge for Aunt Darlene for all the cooking she did for us!!!!!
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