Chicago Trip Report - Part 3

Sadly, Ray's one goal was to go to the top of the (formerly Sears, now Willis) Tower.

As Ray said, we've seen the inside of clouds, thanks. We're saving that for another trip.
Ray and I were amused by the fact that black is the new black in Chicago (okay, always has been, to my knowledge). Here's a local rebelling.
And here's Ray's response - not sure how he found a blue umbrella in this town. But he was easy to find, that's for sure.

Chicago Trip Report - Part 2

More fun in Chicago - I mentioned the gorgeous architecture.  We could see a lot of it from our hotel room the first night (Mom, skip this pic).

Apparently this one was in a movie - the spiral parking garage at Marina Towers.

Closer-up.
I saw my favorite when I was headed to dinner, and sent Ray and Eamon to get pics for me:

Learning at Daddy Day Care

Ray and Mike ran a daycare at our place this weekend while Ann, Erin, and I got to run away to CU's Holiday Festival (which was awesome, as always). It's always a bit of a risk letting Eamon hang out with Ava. Like the Lessinger kids, she generally has something to teach him. And teach him, she did.

Hmm, that looks like fun. I wonder if I could get up there?