Finally Some Adult Time...ZIP-LINE!!!!!

After seeing Mike with the height of the ferrous wheel...I thought my chances of zip-lining were slim to none...but he sucked it up and away we went! First you suit up and they give you a whole 3 minute talk and up up up up up the 90 stairs you went on the first tower. You go the first a bit more blind then the rest. After we got to the second tower, they told you how to TRY to steer, but really that's just for laughs, you pretty much just go.......I happen to end up backwards every time. Mike did a little better with the steering then me. Our room was right in front of tower #4, so poppy snapped a few pictures for us and Jacob and Rileigh was able to see us land and take off once. There were a total 6 toweres and took about 45 minutes. AWESOME!!!

American Girl

We woke up in Chicago and gave Rileigh her birthday gift early; Kanani, the Hawaiian doll of the year. American Girl Store in Chicago! It's every doll lovers dream come true and is a destination it self! We arrived about 9:30 am and your mind and eyes go into over load. Displays are every where! There are displays of all of the dolls in every outfit that they have, displays of life size rooms for them and then also the doll size rooms. Upstairs was like a main street shopping area with shops,a salon, bakery, hospital, and bistro. We had Kanani's ear's pierced at the salon and while we waited for her, we shopped. Little girl clothes, pets, and doll outfits galore! We lucked out and were there on the day that they launched new products, so it was the first time that we had seen some things....like Kanani's party dress and ukulele....which we just had to bring home :) We did try to control our selves, but it was hard to resist the cuteness and we bought more then we should have! Pictures tell more then 1,000 words in this case, but shhhhh!!! It's our little secret!

Chicago....Look Out

Well we arrived in Chicago right on time...for the traffic :( So, after 3 hours in the car, we made it to Navy Pier...and as soon as we stepped foot on the pavement, RAIN!!! Are you kidding me? Thank goodness it was a quick shower and didn't ruin our evening. Navy Pier is simply beautiful! Very similar to our Inner Harbor. First we looked around inside then ate at Harry Carey's Baseball Bar & Grill. Then outside to do the ferrous wheel. Wow is Mike afraid of heights!! He made it though, but did the happy dance when his feet hit the stationary ground! Jacob and Rileigh lucked out and rode twice, once with Mike and I and once with Mom-Mom and Poppy. The skyline was amazing from up there!

Are you looking at me?

We visited a family farm today and I tell you the cows were just as courious about us as we were them. One stood half way out of the barn peaking at us, one followed Jacob and Rileigh around and the others just watched us....the same as we were watching them.

the window are down again today!

So, I have this awesome little mirror attached to my rear view mirror that allows me to see the back seat at a glance. We're headed to wal*mart today and I don't see anyone in that little mirror....so I turn around and see Rileigh with her head darn near out the window smiling and enjoying the wind the way a dog would enjoy the wind. Imagine her leaned forward, face directly into the wind, her hair flowing behind her and a big smile! She does always say when she grows up her car is not going to have a roof!

Jacob and Rileigh are SOOOO Different!

With the beautiful weather today, I had the windows down, the sunroof open, and Zac Brown Band playing on the radio....wahoooo!!! Rileigh has her hands in the air and says "Mom, this is AWESOME, it's like a roller coaster"...........Jacob on the other hand has his hands over his eyes and says "can you at least roll up my window!?!?!"

"Mommy, how does a baby get into your belly?"

Well..........Rileigh..........ummm....let's see........ummmmmm, well.....when an adult girl and an adult boy fall in love and get married they have so much love for each other that their love makes a baby grow.....And with that she walked away....but then she came back to ask "mom, why did you grow 2 kids? and ms. Alisa growed 4 and pop pop Marks mom grew at least 3....and at this moment she is sitting there staring at me......yup...still there....still there...shew she finally left! So, there you have it....love grows babies! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!