chicago part II

so this is a picture of part of chicago's skyline from the seadog. and i must say, i really enjoyed chicago, i mean loved it, but how could you ever live there? there's no parking!!! and everything's crazy expensive! case in point:



the rainforest cafe. we actually saw one at the mall in nashville last year and were like ha! as if anyone can afford to eat here! well we're driving through chicago and we see this big kids eat for 2.99 or w/e. turns out that's only weds. so it was really expensive, and the food was kinda blah, and you had to get the valet parking, cuz there's nowhere no park, but it was sooo much fun!!! you totally pay for the experience and it's worth it... yea...it is. you walk in and there's a pool with alligator and then you go up the stairs and there's a waterfall with a rainbow. and our table was under the stars that were all lit up and then to our left were these three gorillas, and down to our right there were elephants. and trees and birds and monkeys everywhere. and then it was brian's birthday so he got this volcano thing, and they all come out saying "VOLCANOOOOOOO" or w/e and there's a sparkler on top of a mountain of ice cream and brownies. even the bathrooms were really cool.


instead of a pic, for now imagine kelly, katie, and i all working very hard over tiny scraps of fabric

we also went to a children's museum too actually and kelly and katie kind of made these stuffed animals out scraps of fabric and staples...yes stuffed animals out of staples. i really didn't get it either but oh well. why would anyone want a stuffed animal with staples? oh yea. glue that doesn't work too. alas. but kelly made a kind of grey dog and katie this reddish-purplish cat and it was the funniest thing ever because the next day we went to the ball game and the head/nose/legs/w/e are falling off and kelly just looks at mom and i and says (in the most serious, depressed voice too) "i hate this dog" it was the funniest thing ever