Thornburg Family Chicago Vacation Day 3

(To play catch up, here's Day 1 and here's Day 2.) 

So on to Day 3.  We decided to do some shopping.  Charlotte decided to take an early nap.  So Tommy and Dada walked around while she was sleeping and waited for her to wake up so we could head out for the day. 

Andrew grabbed this fun shot of Tommy T in front of a super tall building.

Finally! Morning nap is over! We got the kids loaded up and we were ready to head out! Notice Charlotte has a pacifier that's attached to something? Yeah.  We lost two, count 'em, TWO pacifiers the day before within a couple blocks.  Ugh.  Another lesson learned. 
Make sure you notice the nice white hat Charlotte is wearing.  That comes into play later.

Our first stop was the Disney store.  They were having a big sale on Planes merchandise so we bought Tommy a diecast jet.  He was so excited he wanted to get it out right away.  We "pulled over" on the sidewalk and tried to get the plane out.  Oh my goodness, that thing was literally screwed into the package.  Not having a screwdriver, we had to really work to tear that thing out of the package.  Holy moly.  We finally conquered it and we were back on our way. 

 Next stop was the Water Tower Place.  We just HAD to check out Legoland! (Which is right beside the American Girl Store, not gonna lie... I took a look.) Anyway, we spent some time building things in Legoland.  Fun!

 Charlotte even enjoyed it! They had the best sets there.  They had every possible kind you could want. 

So many things to build, so little time!

Our next stop was lunch!  We went to Harry Caray's 7th Inning Stretch Restaurant.  Charlotte was not pleased with the Holy Cow. 

But Tommy was SUPER pleased with his burger and fries! We were pleased that the kids at another table were screaming and not ours. 

Charlotte was happy that she got some of Tommy's burger and fries.  The food was delicious!  Another great restaurant that dealt with Tommy's allergies wonderfully.  This was actually our best dining experience. 
Hey where did Charlotte's hat go? No one knows.  We lost it somewhere around this point. Waahhh! I loved that hat.  Good thing I got it at Old Navy for $6. 

 

 So we picked up another hat for Char Char at the Gap on clearance. It has pears on it and it was also $6.  Plus it was super cute. Guess who else got a hat?? Tommy T! Root root root for the Cubbies! (The hat also has Mickey on it.  Why? No clue.  But Tommy loved it and Dada was even more excited that he would wear it.) 

We walked to Millennium Park where I nursed in public again not far enough away from a homeless man.  Sweet. Then we went to the Bean! Ok, Cloud Gate.  Whatever it's called.  It should be called the Selfie Hotspot.  I saw more selfies being taken than a regular day on my Facebook timeline. 

Speaking of selfies... #FamilyBeanSelfie 

Tommy loved the bean.  He thought it was pretty darn cool.

Another family bean selfie.  Both kids were removing our shades.  This picture says a thousand words.  I love it. 

Then we walked over to another "biggest fountain he's ever seen".  He loved the Crown Fountain too. 

We headed from there to the Willis Tower Skydeck.  We made it up to the top in record time by skipping the movie and some other things. 

Pretty sure Charlotte didn't know what was going on but she was enjoying herself. 

Brother sister lookout love.

The views were amazing.  We pointed out spots for the kiddos. 

Charlotte says YAY!

Then we scampered into the skydeck for a quick picture.  It was hot and people were cranky.  So we ran in there quickly, took a few pics and got out of there and quickly as possible.  The kids were fading fast as you can tell.  Tommy had no fear about the skydeck.  Mom and Dad were still freaked.

Dada's turn! Tommy still gives zero cares.
I have to mention, this is probably the second most popular selfie hot spot.  Maybe number one, actually.  LOTS of selfies being taken.  So funny to watch people do it. 

We took a cab back to our hotel because we were tired, the kids were DONE, and it would allow for maximum swimming time!

Shark Cheese!! Tommy was READY TO SWIM AGAIN! Yay!

That night we hung out with Cait and Scott for dinner.  We went to Rock Bottom Brewery but the kids had had enough and we got our food to go. 

We came back to our room and put the kids to bed and continued to hang out.  The kids enjoyed being able to play with Cait and Scott.  We enjoyed having drinks with adults after a long kid-filled vacation. :)

Day 3 went surprisingly well and the kids really handled it all in stride! One Day Left!