The Sewing Mom

A friend of ours was visiting us a while back and we got to talking about a time we’d all been together in Chicago. It was around this time of year and, while we were living in a southeast suburb of Chicago, he had flown in for business. It was a beautiful week and the list for Chicago things to do so we decided to meet him at Navy Pier to start off our touring adventure.

Our daughter was about 3 years old and the three of us drove our car to Navy Pier where we met our friend and his co-worker. There are so many fun places to see in Chicago that we focused on the Navy Pier area and then toured the Sears Tower.

Navy Pier is full of things to do, including the giant ferris wheel, arcades, an Imax theater and many restaurants to choose from. We became very adventurous and took a high speed boat tour of the harbor. We froze our butts off even though it was a beautiful day, it’s easy to forget how much cooler it is when you’re out over the water, especially in the spring months. We still had a blast and remember laughing through the entire boat ride because the wind was so cold. It was a lot of fun though and I highly recommend it.

Now that we live in the south and I’m not working a full time job, I’m thinking it would be fun to accompany my husband on a couple of his many business trips. I’ve recently been looking at sightseeing tours and things to do in San Francisco for the next time he travels out west. I love China Town and I know my daughter would have so much fun riding the cable cars.

I just found out that if you sign up now for the Trusted Tours & Attractions newsletter you’re automatically entered to win a $150 iTunes gift card. My daughter could sure download a lot of songs with that!

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The Sears Tower was awesome too. It’s always amazing to me how far you can see from the observation deck. On a clear day, which it was when we were there, we could see four different states; Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. It really was breathtaking. We recently found the photographs we had taken and the certificates we received for “surviving” the elevator ride up to the top.