Downtown

One of the last things we did before school started was to go downtown and see Jason's new(ish) office. The courtyard of his building has this cool waterfall and trees and benches, so that is where we ate lunch.

Every Wednesday in the summer Millennium Park has a family tent set up with different, fun things for kids. On this day they had a bunch of teenagers who are in a circus showing us how to do some circus stunts. We walked on a tight-rope, rocked back and forth on this big circle thing, and spun plates on sticks. Pretty cool stuff!

Then we walked over to the Bean statue, Buckingham Fountain, and the lake. When we were near the fountain Ali looked behind us and said, "Look! There is Daddy's building!" Sure enough, the tallest one there is his.

It was a lot of walking, but overall the kids did great. Eli even got a little "help" occasionally from Ali. I was proud of myself because this is the first time I've done a totally solo trip downtown--no one helped me map out my route or where to park, no one was there to show me where to go, or even to just be another adult in the group. And we were fine! I was pleased and it was a good day.