Chicago Getaway

We recently took the kids to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago before the summer came to an end. We took the kids last year, but this summer we did two new things. First was the butterfly exhibit...which was really neat. Second was the stingray pool...AWESOME! These small stingrays swam around this pool and we could feed them and pet them. We have been to Stingray City in Grand Cayman where you actually swim with huge stingrays, but here it is a little less intimidating for the kids. Stingrays feel like wet, soft leather and when they eat out of your hand it feels like a small vacuum...such amazing creatures!

After the zoo, we drove back to the city and took the girls to the American Girl store. Lastly, we had dinner at the Grand Luxe Cafe. The food is unbelievable here and the atmosphere is impossible to match. We had chicken quesadillas, Asian nachos, our meals and benets (sp?) for dessert. YUM!!!! Needless to say, we were a bit stuffed.