The Taste of Chicago

It's our family tradition to go to The Taste every year. They shut down all of Grant Park and have tons of restaurant stalls up and down the street, varying from Thai food a.ka. Goat on a stick, to Cheeborger cheeborger at Billy Goat Tavern. We have such fun when we go as well. We went last year when Jack was just an itty bitty and hindsight we really shouldn't have gone as I had had my C-section 3 weeks prior, so walking from the train station all the way to Grant Park was pretty stupid - and I didn't even get to stick my feet in the pool at Millenium Park..grr! Anyway - this year we took Jack and went with our friends Francine and Caoimhe and we all had a blast. The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold, it wasn't too packed and we got to go to the stalls we wanted. Jack was able to look around at everything and he even napped in his stroller!

We found a nice shady spot to rest and relax while Francine and Caoimhe went on the Ferris Wheel..Jack got hungry..shocker!Then Daddy threw him in the air and he loved it

Daddy and Jack at the Millenium Pool Splashy splashy
Jack had so much fun
They have another wall like this behind me and the kids love it when the "spit" comes out..
Finally took the top off..he cried 2 seconds after this was taken because the waterfall was hitting him pretty hard
He's thinking this is different..
We had so much fun - look at how tired he is!!
We took the train in and Jack crashed not too long after we left Ogilvie station to Harvard...so did Caoimhe..hee hee..

Oh and Mr. Jack is back to taking 2 naps, no more teething problems and no more crankiness so everything is back to normal...for now..