It seems we go to Chicago about every year. Food, activities and nearness to Omaha are all big perks for a weekend getaway to the windy city!
We did things a little differently this time. Normally we drive (7-8 hours) and stay outside the city to save on parking. This time we decided with our Companion Pass, it made much more sense to fly, use the L (which meant no carseat needed on this trip!) and pay a little more stay downtown in order to get quickly back to the hotel for nap time.
4 nights, two full days in the city was the perfect vacation getaway for us. We kicked off the day walking to "The Bean" and having brunch at Wildberry which was absolutely delicious.
After a little shopping and a walk by the "chicago" sign, we took a nap and headed back out to the Shedd Aquarium for the afternoon.
Deep dish pizza at Lou Malnati's
The next day we went up to the zoo. We love this zoo, not only because it is free, but because of how low key and toddler friendly it was. We love our Omaha zoo of course, but this is a very different feel with joggers and people visiting just for a good walk rather than the all day fiasco that can be our local zoo.
A bus ride to Navy Pier for lunch and sightseeing, before naptime...then we got back out for hotdogs for dinner, shopping and our ending trip to Garrett for popcorn!
We had a few favorite toddler supplies with us this trip:
1. Shelf Milk. We stayed in a hotel without a fridge, so we brought a few containers of milk with us to have on hand. It was difficult to find whole milk (which we prefer for Lorelai) but did get whole milk at restaurants or grocery stores when we were out. This helped us make sure she was getting plenty of milk during the day.
2. The stroller sleeping bag. We saw these all over NYC, and loved the idea of having this sleeping bag attached to the stroller to keep Lorelai toasty warm.
3. Mattress sheet for travel. Not all hotels come with a sheet on their cribs/pack n plays. This is something we brought, just incase....and used it as the hotel did not have a sheet for her crib. Placing a toddler directly on a mattress was not high on my list of things I wanted to do.
We did things a little differently this time. Normally we drive (7-8 hours) and stay outside the city to save on parking. This time we decided with our Companion Pass, it made much more sense to fly, use the L (which meant no carseat needed on this trip!) and pay a little more stay downtown in order to get quickly back to the hotel for nap time.
4 nights, two full days in the city was the perfect vacation getaway for us. We kicked off the day walking to "The Bean" and having brunch at Wildberry which was absolutely delicious.
After a little shopping and a walk by the "chicago" sign, we took a nap and headed back out to the Shedd Aquarium for the afternoon.
Deep dish pizza at Lou Malnati's
The next day we went up to the zoo. We love this zoo, not only because it is free, but because of how low key and toddler friendly it was. We love our Omaha zoo of course, but this is a very different feel with joggers and people visiting just for a good walk rather than the all day fiasco that can be our local zoo.
A bus ride to Navy Pier for lunch and sightseeing, before naptime...then we got back out for hotdogs for dinner, shopping and our ending trip to Garrett for popcorn!
We had a few favorite toddler supplies with us this trip:
1. Shelf Milk. We stayed in a hotel without a fridge, so we brought a few containers of milk with us to have on hand. It was difficult to find whole milk (which we prefer for Lorelai) but did get whole milk at restaurants or grocery stores when we were out. This helped us make sure she was getting plenty of milk during the day.
2. The stroller sleeping bag. We saw these all over NYC, and loved the idea of having this sleeping bag attached to the stroller to keep Lorelai toasty warm.
3. Mattress sheet for travel. Not all hotels come with a sheet on their cribs/pack n plays. This is something we brought, just incase....and used it as the hotel did not have a sheet for her crib. Placing a toddler directly on a mattress was not high on my list of things I wanted to do.
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