OCTOBER IN CHICAGO Part 1

Wednesday, Oct. 7, found this Granny on the way to her Grandsons in Chicago. The drive up to Atlanta Airport was easy thanks to Groome Transportation. The flight via United was about as smoothe as sitting on your kitchen chair....never quite as comfortable. One of our attendents became very ill..."Is there a doctor or some with medical training on the plane?" Last time I heard that I was the sick person. Anyway, they cleared runways and air space to put us on the ground at O'Hare as quickly as we could manage.

Best part comes at the end of the flight...two blue-eyed darlings grinning from ear-to-ear, each shouting his version of "Granny." It really warms this ole lady's heart.

Our visit out to the Brookfield Zoo was much fun. I had some great shots of the kids with the animals, but my Fuji camera I have used so long fouled the photo chip...I lost all but about 8 or 9 photos and all the video clips except one.

The Zoo was a lovely place to be on a crisp Sunday afternoon. The boys loved the Family House where they could do all sorts of activities especially designed for small children. I think their favorite was the spray garden. It is warm and somewhat tropical. Children are given spray bottles filled with water. They can "water" any of the plants in the garden; they loved it.

Early this morning, Greg & Kelly left for Disney World, on a long weekend get-away. The boys and I are doing fine. Right now they are eating popcorn.

As the evening progress, Greg became a bit whiny...something he just doesn't do. He was warm and all of a sudden he wanted to go to bed. He was asleep before Ash was changed and ready for bed. Max woke up crying at about 9:00 pm, so I gave him some baby tylenol. He slept till about 4:30 am, then got into the bed with me. We all slept till 8:00 am.