the bean

we finally saw "the bean".

i have to say, it was pretty awesome.  the kids had such a blast laying under it and looking at their distorted images.  it was pretty funny to watch them.  we took a bunch of pictures of the kids, but they didn't turn out because we didn't realize the camera was on the wrong setting :(  oh well, it was still fun.  cold though!

here's one that kind of turned out.  notice sam is not in the picture...yeah, he didn't want to be in it.  it was one of those days....

the reason for the trip was to see our good friends the wicks.  they invited us up for johnny's work day at the field museum.  it was really neat.  we did have one episode with sam, claiming that we are not in charge and we cannot tell him what to do, but we got through it and were still able to smile.  good thing i love that kid so much.

we really did have a good time though.  we didn't take many pictures at the museum and we never did get a shot of us with virginia and johnny, or of their darling ian and nora.

i do love this picture though. the kids had a table of their own for lunch.  it was pretty cool to see them just hanging out, eating, and talking - looking like mini adults.

we headed back to their home and had some yummy homemade pizza's, jeffrey took a trip to the local food store to purchase a supply of sodas (which we all enjoyed thoroughly), put the kids to bed, played a few rounds of pinochle, and stayed up late to watch Contagion (scary).  we had such a great time.

thanks wicks.  we can't wait to come again.