Chicago in February - Part 3

I have no words for the delight of this vision.  Our little Sammy J sporting her dainty, Brazillian rhinestone bikini birthday gift from Auntie Liza & Uncle Jamie!  Oh yes, its an heirloom now.  And the beauty of Chicago in February is that there is no sunscreen needed for the indoor pool!  Samantha and Elliot cannot wait to hit the pool!  

And here we have a preview of Elliot's debut appearance on "Cops".  Seriously. What is she doing here?  Other than wondering why we are laughing at her and taking pictures.  But really, not her fault, who would've thought to bring pool shoes?  She knew she needed shoes to get o the 27th floor pool.  Her boots served her just fine.  

Well, well, well, one of our rare family outings to my favorite Tapas in Chicago, Cafe Iberico . Never been there in the light of day before and we were there for lunch.  So good.  Elliot asked for more olive oil to dip her bread.  Samantha threw all her bread on the floor and we ended the meal by sprinting out when Elliot started coughing.  Not before finishing our world class sangria though - made for nice naps back at the hotel (for us, not them). 

Yay!!  A little fun time with friends, Chicago pizza and cupcakes!  Two Little Tidbits and we were hosted at Harry's fun house one night.  Harry is quite the reader and kept piling on Ben to read him stories.  And how did I manage to NOT get a picture of the Crystal's curiously cute pregnant belly?  I was going to out her in the blogosphere, but have no goods.  Drat!

Funtime in the big-girl bed!  Our suite had a pull-out couch.  We put the mattress on the floor for Elliot and put Sammy in the pack and play.  They loved playing on the bed and sleeping next to each other.  Even on this huge mattress, the first night, Elliot fell off, wedged her HEAD under the pack and play and slept on the floor.  I was so afraid of waking Samantha that I did not want to lift the crib off Elliot's head, so we slid her out from the side.  The wedged that pillow you see there prevented it from happening again.  

Wrong!  This is wrong Wrong WRONG!  Elliot's first Starbucks.  Did you know that Starbuck's has kiddie drinks?  A special size, a kiddo temperature and all?  We created a monster.  We had to tell her that only the Starbucks in Chicago have kiddie drinks - none of the Boston ones do!  Ahem.  Don't correct us.