Wednesday/Thursday

We decided that Wednesday would be our free day, no schedule, no plans, no kids, no nothing. We could do all the touristy things we wanted! We actually slept in until 11, which we never do anymore and walked to find lunch. Frontera was recommended to us and it was freaking fabulous! I would definitely go back again, chill and the patio and spend way too much money on drinks and food!

Then we walked to Navy Pier. Great view of the city and so much to do there, must more than what I was expecting!

We decided to do an 'extreme thrill boat ride'! We thought about doing some sort of boat ride and this one was leaving in 10 minutes instead of us waiting for another hour. It was really cool and fun, they go really fast and do 180 and 360 turns in the boat and people were soaked (we sat in a less 'wet' area since I had my good camera with us). We got some great views of the whole city too!

After the ride we hung out at the end of the pier, enjoyed a cold, adult beverage and the absolutely most perfect weather! So calming and relaxing and nice!  Then we Uber'd it to Millenium Park (2 minute wait and cost $6.00).

We saw the famous bean!

We found another patio and hung out, called my mom to see how the girls were doing and decided on where we wanted to go from there. It was 4:30 and we made dinner reservations at 7:30. My dad had recommended the viewing deck from the Willis Tower (previously the Hancock building) which is the 2nd tallest building in the US (behind the new World Trade center building).

From the 103 floor....a very long way up! Much higher than anything we have been on in Vegas, which is absolutely mind-blowing to me!

 

Us looking across to the other viewing deck.

 

After that we walked back to the hotel and got ready for dinner. We went to Fogo de Chao, which had been recommended to me from another friend. It's basically an all you can eat meat buffet, it's awesome and good and fun. It was really, really good (and really, really expensive). Once again we stuffed ourselves and can't eat nearly as much as we wanted but it was worth it! Then we found another patio and spent the night hanging out, talking, drinking until it was time to turn in!

 

We had a great time, the weather was perfect and it was just very NICE! We got home about 3 and picked up the girls about 4. They were happy to see us, but mostly just daddy! :) and the night went on as normal. Fighting, whining and Piper staying up too late! Home sweet home! :)