Chicago Family Trip: Part 2

Sharing some more of my family's trip back to Chicago today, you can see the first part here.

Growing up, I remember my mom made this "magical" bubble solution.  We once got these ginormous bubbles that were literally making it all the way down the street.  We tried to recreate those bubbles and didn't have quite the same success but still had a lot of fun.

And a word to the wise- don't get too close when your 3-year-old is trying to do bubbles

A bubble wand to the face is disastrous

And when that same 3-year-old later trips and falls in the bubble solution, well your husband may wonder what you are doing when you stop to take a picture rather than help clean up him up.

And remember how I was saying how I forgot how green the Midwest is?   Have you ever seen those little helicopters from oak trees?  Well, those little helicopters will land in your flower bed and just start growing into trees.
The green makes lots of pretty flowers too My  mom, who is an amazing painter, and Alex were artists together. After the kids were in bed we would snack, play games and cards, pinochle is a favorite.  We also ate in a lot of awesome and interesting places; my BIL took us to this chicken place in Hyde Park (area of Chicago)-- and well let's just say the location was interesting.... bullet proof glass covering the entire serving area window; with a little spinning turn area that they would send the food out. But the chicken was good!
He also took us to some awesome food places like Frank N' Dawgs- as seen on the Food Channel and a million other reviews.  The hot dogs were amazing with so many crazy combinations and toppings and the buns, to die for good!  The corn dogs were nothing to write home about, very unique but none of my kids cared for them,  just stick with a hot dog and you will be in heaven! 
It was such a fun trip and I have only covered some of it, we still have Black Berry Farm (not to be confused with Knotts Berry Farm), down town Chicago including the Sears Willis Tower,  the zoo and The Bean, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Rendezvous.  Yes we did a ton!  So more to come tomorrow!