Windy City Weekend

Nothing is better than…sleeping in your own bed…without additional visitors.

In the hotel over the weekend it was difficult to get both boys to go to sleep simultaneously and on time which meant putting Aidan on the pull out couch to drift into sleepiness while a very distracted Kellen stayed up way too late before finally succumbing to slumber in the bed between us. We would then put Kellen in his portable crib and move Aidan to the bed because he’s a roller and we didn’t want him falling out in the middle of the night. That shuffling of the sleeping kids kept Aidan from bouncing off the floor but meant he was twisting and rolling between us all night. All of these things plus the fact that any other bed is simply not your bed makes the act of trying to rest comfortably a difficult task. Alas we were more interested in what we got to do and who we got to see than the minor inconvenience of not sleeping in our own beds.

The weekend was great and the “not at home” sleeping will hardly be remembered. We got some additional hang out time with Andrea and Dave (Happy Anniversary!) on Saturday night and Aidan got to pick where we ate…which means we ate at Chili’s. Sunday we headed back to our church in Wheaton and it was great to see all of the familiar faces. We had a chance to chat and spend some time with friends before heading back to wrap things up playing at the park (below) and DQ’ing before bedtime.

Monday we all visited Ms. Sherri and the kids from Aidan and Kellen's former daycare. They boys got to run around with their buddies and lunch with them before we headed for home.

The drive between Chicago and Minneapolis is not too bad but certainly longer (seven hours) than the Iowa to Chicago/Iowa to Minneapolis drives (four to five hours) we trek along when we visit home. Big naps from the sleepy trio in the middle seat allowed me to drive along with my tunes and licorice navigating road construction and ignorant drivers in peace.

I’m feeling fully decompressed and rested from the journey this morning and ready devote my day to cleaning up our travel mess and entertaining Aidan who is already begging for something to do.