Chicago Fire

We made it to the Chicago Fire game. It was 90 degrees in the stadium.  Andy was in heaven. Beth didn't seem too impressed. I think she liked the bam bams  and other noise makers that they gave us on the way in. Some of the team got there late and didn't get all of the give aways. The give aways made the experience much more fun. Beth also liked the boats in the lake - we had a beautiful view of the lake in our nose bleed seats.

A couple of things we learned on this trip to Chicago:

• Tim still hates driving in the city and will no way live in one.The kids agreed after being stuck in traffic for an hour on the way in.
• We are not a road trip kind of family. Ten hours in the car had us all crabby by 11:00 last night when we pulled in.However, the kids did great in the car for so long. I'm thinking the money spent on the ipod touches was worth it.
• We liked watching the soccer game and Andy is super excited to go to the next one. The team will get to walk on the field during the next game in August.
• Nose bleed seats are good seats. We could see all of the action from there. The next game we will be down by the field - it will be interesting to see which vantage point we like better.
• Seeing the soccer field at Soldier Stadium really puts the soccer pitch in perspective to a football field. The soccer field is wider and longer.

Everyone is still asleep. We will be getting ready to go to Jellystone after lunch. I have one quick trip to the store for a couple of things that I forgot. Then we'll pack the coolers and go for the week.