Wednesday 8/17

On Wednesday we went to the theater. Thanks to our friends Jessica and John, who babysat, we spent the afternoon watching peter pan on a 360 degree stage. It was very fun, and the play was very inventive and incorporated a surrounding video screen on the roof.

Mom and Dad enjoyed the play too!
Oh yeah. The play was in a big tent. Pretty nice, with a boardwalk foyer and air conditioning. The AC could have been a bit cooler though. After the play we picked up Dakota and Pepper and eat dinner at Bakers Square. We'd never been there before, but it reminded Tharon of his days working at Frontier Pies. The food was great (the works burger was very yummy) and because it was Wednesday we got free pie!

Later that evening G & G put the kids to bed so that Alicia & Tharon could go watch the last Harry Potter. Thanks G & G. To our dismay, however, the room playing the movie was having "technical difficulties" and the audio was all messed up. So we ended up watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The night out was great. The movie . . . okay.

Thursday 8/18

Thursday - Museum and UIC orthodontics department, Alicia cooked salmon for dinner, and we played cornhole in the backyard 'til bedtime. Museum fun. The kids loved the hands on exhibits and the idea center.
Grandpa stuck around long enough to make it into this photo and then was off . . . like a kid in a candy store. He was harder to keep track of than Dakota and Pepper.

The pioneer Zephyr, stainless steel diesel train at the chi town museum of science and industry. The museum was huge, had amazing exhibits, and we will definitely go back for more!

Showing off the orthodontic clinic. This was my first year chair. G & G reading to Dakota. We already miss them!

G & G reading to Pepper on the last night of their visit.