Miss M wanted a birthday party at home. She wanted to invite everyone she'd ever met in life. I had to put an end to the madness. Instead I sold her on a night downtown in a hotel with a pool. She is still pretty easy to convince. Thank goodness.
Andrew and the younger two children took the car to the shop and then jumped on the green line to head to the office. Miss M and I were responsible for packing the bags and getting them downtown. She wanted to color before we had to leave so I laid on the floor of the kitchen with her and we colored some random large picture she chose. We had fun coloring and talking about everything.
She wanted to wear her best city dress. It's a hand-me-down from her best friend that she loves more than anything. The day we chose to spend downtown in the city was the same day the city celebrates St. Patrick's Day. It's the same day that six years ago we were heading to the hospital at 7am before the throngs of people came out to watch the river get dyed green and drink way too much green beer. So she wore her little green sparkle top hat barrette we found.
We managed to find food at Shake Shack, one of my favorites, before the people who drank too much green beer realized they needed a snack.
Willie got french fries and a root beer float. I think we actually ordered him a hot dog but he won't eat a hot dog anymore. He just eats the fries and drink. Since Andrew is a nice guy he ate it for him so it didn't go to waste.
This was our hotel pool. It was amazing. It was like swimming with Daddy Warbucks from Annie. Miss M, with her floaty on, managed to swim two lengths of the pool with her head in the water and breathing properly. I did take her to her six year appointment this past week and asked the doctor about her ear tubes. The doctor said she can see the tube is a little misplaced leaving a gap between the ear canal and the tube which is why she cries when she gets water in her ear.
Watching the iPad naked after swimming. This is the life.
The kids got dressed up in their new clothes we had bought earlier in the afternoon while walking on Michigan Ave. We walked the half mile to the movie theater and saw the Batman Lego movie. I looked at it like it was a good way to kill time but it actually ended up being an awesome movie. I would see it again with the kids if they wanted. The kids crushed multiple rounds of slushy and popcorn. It's amazing they didn't throw up a rainbow of blue and red slushy.
She was so excited on the morning of her birthday that she woke up way too early. It was also daylight saving time which made it worse. The two of us went to the lobby where there was a Starbucks and had a croissant. Our breakfast took about 10 minutes and then she wanted to do something else. So we walked to the mezzanine and sat in chairs and talked for another 10 minutes. Then we walked to the "gift shop" which was a small hotel convenience store and bought some random trinkets for her and her siblings. I tried to stall her off by finding new chairs to sit in but she wasn't having it so we went and woke everyone up.
She loves a mirror.
Getting our car to head to lunch at Rainforest Cafe, per the request of the birthday girl, and then home.
Willie and Cater had never been to Rainforest Cafe before and they enjoyed the sensory overload.
The food isn't good but sometimes it's not about the food.
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