"Are we there yet?!?"
As soon as we landed, we headed to the suburbs to see the Meli's. Mandy and Sammy had an ice cream social at their school, so that's where went.
Can you pick out the kids that need to go to bed?!?
The next morning, the girls had school, so we headed to Kohls Children's Museum with the twins.
Ivy put her designing skills to use by decorating a house. Watch out HGTV, here's your next star!
Moses and Max channeled their inner Lars Ulrich. Rock on Dudes!
"Look at the water! It's like magic!"
Ivy was pretty enamored by this.
Moses was pretty stoked with the water area too.
The best was how much Max loved the water. You can't tell by the picture but Max was completely soaked. The apron was pretty useless.
Ivy thought it was absolutely hysterical that Meli's were outside while she was inside.
We headed outside and tried to figure out who was KING of the JUNGLE GYM!
First up was Daddy. Does he look like the KING?
Or is Moses the KING?
While the boys had their little contest, Ivy found a turtle to ride.
"I'm the PRINCESS of this turtle!"
Molly wanted to join in on Ivy's fun, but she wasn't too thrilled with it.
"HEY! There's only room for one princess on this turtle."
"I'm stuck! I can't leave! I HAVE to stay at the playground!!"
After fun at the museum, we headed out to dinner with the older Meli girls. We went to Carson's for some yummy ribs.
This was the best picture we could get of us all. Bibs = Ribs. No Bibs = No Ribs.
The next day we headed to downtown Chicago for some touristy fun. The first stop was Navy Pier.
Mommy and her lil big man!
Here's mommy, her little mini-me and her silly monkey!
After walking the pier, we decided it was time to ride some rides.
The first stop was the carousel.
Ivy was excited to choose her horse and get on.
However, when the ride started it was another story.
So we decided to try another ride that Ivy might actually enjoy and smile on.
We headed to the Ferris wheel which put a huge smile on Moses' face.
However, what about Ivy?!? Look past the finger and you can see a little smirk and tongue on that face. No sad face on this ride, just FUN!!
Next, Moses wanted to ride something by himself. The only ride there was the lighthouse.
"WOAH!! I'm headed to the top!"
"It's just as fun to go down!"
After the rides, we still had some tickets left. We had just enough left to put our golf skills to use.
Watch out Tiger Woods, here are the Kappy's!
Moses had some mad skills! He even got two hole in ones.
But he had his moments of bad golf (he gets that from his dad).
"Where did my ball go?"
Ivy also displayed some great skills.
She even got the ball in the hole once or twice. Or she could have just been retrieving other people's balls.
After about the 9th hole, Ivy was bored with the golfing. She decided to test put her magic skills.
"Look Mr. Curtis, I can pull a ball out of Daddy's ear too!"
After 18 holes, it was time for a little snack. When you are in Chicago, what do you snack on? Garrett's popcorn, of course!!!
To say that Ivy loved Garrett's popcorn is an understatement, here she is in her popcorn coma.
After sightseeing, riding rides, mini-golf, and popcorn, the little ones were wiped out! So a mommy and Daddy got to do some shopping on Michigan Avenue.
Our final day in Chicago was spent at a pumpkin patch with half of the Melikers.
Mandy and Moses rode every single ride together. First stop was the Ferris wheel.
Then it was the giant slide. Max even joined in on the fun.
While the big kids rode rides, Ivy had a great time playing in a little house.
Then she rode a pony which seemed to be way better than a carousel horse. Not that you could tell by her face, she actually did like it. It might have been all the horse poop behind her that she didn't like.
Then Ivy got to do her favorite thing.....JUMP!
After all the rides, apple donuts, fried Oreos and jumping, it was time to head to the airport.
Max gave Ivy the sweetest hug and kiss.
And Moses was pretty sad to say goodbye to his new, good friend, Mandy. He couldn't even show his face.
We MISS the Melikers and Chicago already!!
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