We spent a few days in Chicago visiting the grandchildren and our son & daughter-in-law.
One negative about living in FL is that we are further away from the grandchildren.
We try to visit them once a quarter.
The weather was perfect when we were there in September.
Three out of the five days I was there we had picnic lunches!
Picnic lunch 'one" was at the Field Museum.
We went on "free" day which was a bonus!
They have a great children's play area.
Lunch was in a nice shady spot next to Lake Michigan.
Picnic "two" was near our son's place of employment.
We walked a couple of miles from the apartment to our son's gallery.
Then we walked a couple of blocks to the park!
After we ate lunch our son had to go back to work.
We stayed at the park & the grandchildren had a blast playing.
Picnic "three" was by the river after church on Sunday.
We stopped in at Trader Joes & bought lunch fixins.
Since it was Labor Day weekend there was a lot of river traffic to watch.
After lunch & people watching we packed up & continued to walk along the river.
As we made our way towards one of the train stations we passed by Millennium Park.
The grandchildren knew the routine at the Lurie Garden where there was a shallow stream.
They promptly sat down & started removing shoes & socks so they could go wading.
Evidently they had done this before!!
I didn't dare take my shoes & socks off
because I wouldn't have wanted to put them back on.
We still had to walk/ride home!!
Everyone was exhaustd by the time we got home,
but we had such a good time.
What great memories you are creating!
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