A Weekend Get Away

The weekend before Thanksgiving we headed out with our friends the Wonders for some fun in Chicago.  We left on Friday night and spent the night in Michigan City Indiana.  The next morning we woke to quite a bit of snow, which helped get us in the mood for the Christmas parade that would be taking place in Chicago that night.  We then headed to the commuter train to finish our trip to Chicago.  The closer we got to Chicago the less snow there was and by the time we got to Chicago there wasn't any snow and unfortunately it was raining.  After getting our things settled in the hotel room we walked around a bit.  Lots of vendors had booths set up with free food and gifts.  The kids filled a large plastic bag with freebies!  After everyone was soaked to the bone we headed back to the hotel and the kids did some swimming.  It was then time to head back out to watch the parade.  We should have headed out a bit earlier because there were LOTS of people there to watch!  By now the weather had cooled down quite a bit, needless to say we did not make the entire parade  due to cold toes!  It was then time for some Chicago style pizza, yum!  On Sunday we headed out to the Christkindlmarket, an open air market similar to those in Germany.  Then it was on for some shopping at the Lego store.  While shopping we realized we had the wrong train departure times and had missed the train we wanted to head back on, ooooops!  So at that point we headed back the way we needed to, found some food and drinks and waited until the next train.  I was thankful the next week was a short work/school week because we did not get home until 11:30 p.m.