The kids first train ride - December 27th

We left from University Park and took the electric line to the end. The kids had a blast and looked out the window most of the ride.

The kids looking at one of the store windows at Marshall Field's......ooops sorry Macy's.

Kristina riding a bull! A cold steel one at that!

The boys at the garden at Nay Pier.

After walking thru the gardens we went to the Winter Wonderland that was being held in the exhibit halls of Navy Pier!

The Russian Santa Claus. He sure is beautiful!





The kids riding the carousel!

John is smiling!

Kristina loves the ride!

The kids riding the mini ferris wheel!

The kids had a blast! We all did! The Winter Wonderland was a carnival indoors. They had kids rides, a train, a dinosaur ride, a big ferris wheel and a mini ferris wheel, a hang gliding ride for the big kids, and lots of jumpy things for the kids to climb on and jump in and slide down. The kids enjoyed it a lot. They were not scared of any of it. Maybe that should scare us a little bit, but we like rides too! After the Winter Wonderland, we had dinner at Bubba Gump's on Navy Pier. The kids don't like shrimp, but that's okay there was plenty of other things for them to try. They got their lunches in paper boats that had to make the trip home with us and are now on their dressers. The train ride home was uneventful and when we got the kids in the car to go home they were very tired, all three of them. The ride home was about 30 minutes in the car and I believe all three were sleeping within 5 minutes of leaving the train station.