In Chicago

We arrived in Chicago this afternoon, after an uneventful drive. Cheryl navigated us downtown without much difficulty, despite the ridiculous amount of construction and traffic on I90 near the lake front. We parked close to the Navy Pier and spent a few hours wandering through the shops, riding the ferris wheel, going through the Children's Museum, grabbing ice cream at McD's.

Then it was time to take the boys to the airport for their flight to Seattle. Cheryl and the girls dropped the boys (and Dad) off at Midway, then drove off to the hotel. Dad and the boys got through Security, found some dinner (pizza!) and wandered through the airport shops to kill time until the flight was ready to go.

The boys were excited about going, although Adam was suffering from a headache. They were feeling quite grown up about being on their own, standing in line by themselves, boarding the plane unencumbered by adults. Plus they were probably looking forward to consuming all the snacks that were packed in their backpacks!

After the flight had left, Cheryl came to the airport and picked Rob up, and then it was back to the hotel, and sleep.