Chicago Trip

Before we were struck down with the Flu we went to Chicago for 3 days. The girls were ecstatic to see Grammy Ruthie (my grandmother, Ruthie's namesake) That is all Ruthie wanted to do for her birthday. Ruthie packed her own bag of toys and blankey's and of course has to have sunglasses just like daddy.

We stayed a block away from the Water Tower and were lucky enough to see Katie and Pingu who were in town while Tim had business in Chicago. We went to the Shedd Aquarium, which was alot of fun, with Katie and Pingu. Ruthie really got into it. And at times Lulu was excited but a little overwhelmed with "The people". As you can imagine the major amounts of people in the big city compared to here!

Another HUGE draw was American Girl. Lulu has a bitty baby named "Annie" that she got for Christmas that she ADORES. And Ruthie was in pursuit for a Bitty Baby just like Annie. She has a different bitty baby already.

The girls loved American Girl. Ruthie especially since she sleeps with the catalog on many nights! She loves the Ruthie doll and thinks it is also cool there is a Molly doll. Lulu was disappointed there wasn't a Lulu doll. We'll have to call someone about that. Ruthie really wanted to take the double stroller home. We convinced her that it was just for the store to play with!

Ruthie doll in purple is right next to Molly in the store!

Lulu took her baby to the hospital since she spends so much time at the hospital/doctor and her baby needed her head buffed! She was extremely nervous about that!

Ruthie and Lulu loved watching the dolls get their hair done.

We were in the store for about an hour and a half. Then the wheels started to fall off.... Ruthie hit rock bottom. At one point she laid down on the floor and said she was too tired to move.

This picture was taken after we peeled her off the floor.

In the end. Lulu wanted nothing (except for a doll named Lulu) but we convinced her to get a pair of pajamas just like her Annie's. Ruthie picked out a baby just like Lulu's (great, at least we know which one is which since Lulu has banged her babies head a few times too many.) And pajamas.

After the store, we ran right home threw them in the bath, and new pajamas had dinner and the girls were in bed by 6pm. That 1 hour time change apparently really rocked their world.

Last, we had planned on taking them for a special birthday lunch with their babies on Friday at American Girl. They do this awesome lunch/dinner, but with people starting to feel bad and exhaustion setting in that did not happen. The girls were up early and cranky so we just opted to pass on the special lunch and do it another time.

Turns out our wonderful friends Vicki and Tony as a surprise had arranged for the girls with American Girl to pay for the lunch as a surprise for all of Team Bisson. What a huge disappointment. We were so touched, and felt horrible that we didn't make it to lunch. We didn't find out about the arrangements until we got home to Michigan. Hopefully the next time we plan it we can go WITH Vicki and Tony in NYC. (on our list of things to do).