Lisa and I took the kids to Chicago for a few days. Drove down during my spring break and visited the Shedd Museum. Not wanting to follow the directions we printed off, we took an alternate route that got us there, but a little more stressed for the wear. We drove straight to the Aquarium, and after parking in the campus area had a great stroll across the lawn in near 80 degree weather. The kids had a blast in the aquarium. We saw at least three different exhibits with clown fish and at each one Merrick asked where's Nemo's dad was. Sophia had gotten really interested in sea turtles over the past few weeks, an occurrence that I attribute to her duplication of X chromosomes. Coincidentally her Subway lunch came in a reusable bag with a sea turtle on it and she was not disappointed to watch the sea turtles at the aquarium. After getting back to the hotel we headed out for a walk and to find some Chicago pizza. Gino's east was on the travel network recently and it was only a few blocks from the hotel. With a VIP pass from the concierge we by passed a lengthy line, instilling in our childern that some people are more equal than others, and were quickly seated. Merrick was spent by this time and spent most of the meal with his head on my lap. Sophia thought the the place was great and was able to add her name to the rest of the graffiti on the walls of patrons past. The night was topped off with a later than normal swim back at the hotel, and a couple of tuckered kids quickly drifting off to sleep.
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