We started off on the train...
Chloe and Ellie had so much fun!
From the train station, we walked to our hotel - the Mariott on the Magnificent Mile! It was awesome! We were on the 12th floor, with floor to ceiling windows, and it was just so cool looking out the windows!
The beds had down comforters, feather pillows and pillowtop mattresses! It was delightful! :)
Next, we headed to Bucca di beppo for dinner. It was so good. If you've never been here, I suggest you try it.
Chloe and Ellie got to drink their lemonade out of wine glasses. Chloe thought this was pretty cool! :)
After dinner, we hailed a taxi (which Chloe also loved) and headed to Macy's to check out the windows. Chloe was fading quickly. She mentioned in the cab that she had a sucker, so I told her to eat it. She needed the sugar rush! :) We had tons more to do yet! :) The windows at Macy's were o.k. they were the Nutcracker.
We walked to the Christkindlmarket (sp?) and unfortunately it was closed. So we went to the big tree, to capture a picture!
Heather has three boys. So she definitely got her girl fix this weekend! :)
We went back to the hotel to let the girls swim, and the moms sit in the hot tub. After swimming, the girls enjoyed cheese popcorn and apple juice in champagne glasses, courtesy of Grandma!
It wasn't long after this next photo was taken, before the girls fell asleep. We packed alot of stuff in a little amount of time.
We woke up bright and early the next morning, and had bagels and cream cheese in our room, and just lounged around and talked before getting ready.
We walked up to State St. to go shopping! We stopped inside Macy's to see the tree in the Walnut Room...
Shortly after lunch it started to snow!! It was absolutely beautiful! It was a bit messy, but it was fun to be downtown during the snow storm!
Ryan's sister Jen and mom.
Next, we took a trolly to American Girl Place.
We made it to American Girl. Now, I've never been in this store, and neither has Chloe. I've heard it was pretty cool, but I didn't really now what to expect once we got there.
This place was so cool! Chloe only has a Bitty Baby, but come her birthday, I think we're going to get her a big doll. (Shhhh...don't tell her though!:)) Anyway, Jen and I had told Chloe and Ellie that we were just going to look, and not buy anything. It's too close to Christmas to buy stuff now. Anyway, Jen came to me, and said that we could get the babies "pampered" for $5. They clean them up, put bows in their hair, and get toenail polish stickers. Great! That was a perfect idea, and just enough to have fun, yet not spend a whole lot of money.
Sarah got all cleaned up in her little salon chair. :) It really was pretty cool. She had permanent marker on her leg that I couldn't get off, but they did. She looked really cute after her little body scrub! :)
Chloe and I headed to the bathroom, and while we were in there, she said to me, "thank's for letting me get Sarah all clean - that was a special time for me!" I was thrilled, because I've been trying to teach her to be content, and not always want more. To be thankful for everything she has, and this really proved it for me today that she was getting it!! Anyway, when we got back, Ellie was telling us that Grandma said they could get an outfit! Oh what fun for them! They were thrilled!
Here's Grandma and her only two grandaughters!
At this point we were pretty pooped! We started to walk back to the hotel to get our luggage, when Grandma saw a restaurant (Grand Lux Cafe) that she liked. SO, we went in and had a nice dinner.
We had to wait for a bit for a table, so the girls just played with their dolls on the stairs.
We had such an AWESOME time! I just really felt blessed that we were able to do things like this. Thanks Nancy, for everything!!! We had so much fun!!
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