My mom came to visit for about a week the end of October/first of November. I know she has been wanting to visit Chicago ever since we moved here, so I decided we needed a day out with just the two of us to explore Chi-town. I've only been once for a few hours with Justin when we were dating, so I was excited to visit too.
We started the day at the Sear's tower. This is the 3rd tallest building in the world and the largest in the US. We went to the top of the skydeck and had a really cool view of all of Chicago. It's amazing how big this city is!!
Afterwords we did a.lot! of walking. We first went to the famous "bean" and took some pictures of ourselves in the reflection.
Next we walked to Navy Pier, which we could have skipped. It was a pretty cloudy day and because it is the off season the pier was pretty dead. It started to rain about the time we got there so we hopped in the mall area and had some lunch.
After the Pier, we crossed the Chicago River and walked part of the magnificent mile. We walked through a few stores (Crate & Barrel, The American Girl Doll Store, and the Lego Store) and bought some giadonni chocolates.
If you cant tell, this entire mural was made out of LEGO'S!! Amazing!!
The oldest standing building in downtown Chicago--the water tower. This was one of the only original structures that was not destroyed in the great Chicago fire.
We loved having her visit and miss her when we aren't with her! Thanks for coming Mom!
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