Last weekend, Erik and I had a fun belated Valentine's Day celebration. Grammy and Grandpa Brown came to our house to stay with the kids while we drove a short 20 miles south to downtown Chicago for an overnight stay. It was wonderful! We found so much to do in the city. We checked out the new
Sears Tower skydeck (It's technically the Willis Tower now but for some reason I can't get used to calling it that!). It's pretty incredible. They created glass step-outs in the side of the building so you can actually walk out and stand 110 stories above land and look through the glass floor at the street below. Once I was standing there, ready to step onto the glass, I suddenly had the creepy feeling that I was stepping off an enormous cliff. I made it onto 
the glass, but never looked down. Erik loved it and was taking pictures from all angles. It is a cool experience! After that, we pretended to be trendy for an evening and had some pre-dinner cocktails at a couple swanky lounges. Then we went to 
one of our favorite restaurants for dinner (MK, it's great!). The next day, we caught a matinee, did some shopping and then came home in time for a pizza dinner with the kids and Grammy and Grandpa. It was a really fun weekend and we came home refreshed.While we were away, Grammy and Grandpa were master entertainers at our house. They baked miniature cakes, played in the snow, read books, played play-doh, and just enjoyed the time together. Days later, I am still hearing new stories from Cassidy. (Today I learned that Grandpa was throwing funny snowballs at trees! Hopefully these are all true stories, who knows!) We are lucky that Grammy and Grandpa have lots of energy. They keep the kids both busy and happy! Here are some photos from their time together.
