OK, I usually leave the blogging to Jeni, and I just focus on making the money, but I have to step in to elaborate on the Chicago trip....as I was very proud of the fact that we totally gamed the Chicago Go Card system ($50 for a 1 day pass to basically every attraction in Chicago). For those of you who have traveled with me on vacations, I am usually a drill sergeant when it comes to packing in the fun into every second of the day. Chicago was no different, and my little "troops" were obeying marching orders pretty well. I apologize for giving a travel log, but here's a travel log. It went something like this.
The Chinese Circus (Cirque Shanghao) was insane....it wasn't a circus where you clap and say, "oooo and "awe". Half the time all I could do was laugh out loud and say, "dude that was sick!" There was the Quadruple Jointed Contortionist ladies, the 10 people who road a single bike at once, the Unicycle tightrope dude, the crazy chair stacking lady, and a bunch of other crazy stuff.
For those of you scoring at home: In less than 10 hrs, we hit 7 major attractions, with 3 kids 4 and under, one of which who was potty training....Nice work troops!
9:58 - Battled through the sea of Iowa football fans to get to our 1st destination point - Shedd Aquarium (right next to the Iowa football game at Soldier Field)
10:21 - Dropped off the "troops at the aquarium, while I raced back through the sea of Iowa fans back to Navy Pier.
11:06 - After parking the car and sprinting around to get Circus, Children's Museum, Boat tour, and Carnival tickets I took a boat taxi back to the aquarium to meet the troops
1:08 - Concluded our tour of the Aquarium. The girls loved the glass floor aquarium with sting rays swimming below....and also the pizza we shoved down our throats at lunch
2:56 - Rapped things up at the Field Museum. The place was massive, and we saw almost every square inch of the place.....the kids were ready to call it a day at this point, but we proceeded onward!
3:38 - Chased down a Trolley tour bus who luckily gave us a ride to the Navy Pier
4:08 - Ran for the Carnival rides. Rode the Carousel which was "way too fast" which caused Aubrie to scream for her life.
5:05 - Squeezed in an hour long Children's Museum visit while mom got us some fast food to take on the boat
6:25 - All aboard the Skyscraper Boat tour!
7:58 - 2 minutes to spare until the SICKEST Circus of All time!
The Chinese Circus (Cirque Shanghao) was insane....it wasn't a circus where you clap and say, "oooo and "awe". Half the time all I could do was laugh out loud and say, "dude that was sick!" There was the Quadruple Jointed Contortionist ladies, the 10 people who road a single bike at once, the Unicycle tightrope dude, the crazy chair stacking lady, and a bunch of other crazy stuff.
For those of you scoring at home: In less than 10 hrs, we hit 7 major attractions, with 3 kids 4 and under, one of which who was potty training....Nice work troops!
2 comments:
I am totally impressed! What a great gang of troops you have.
NO wonder I love taking vacations with you guys! Never a dull moment! Let's plan another one real soon!
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