Last weekend was one of reunions, with us heading all over the city to catch up with friends. The fun actually started Wednesday when Lori’s college friend Amanda came in with her daughter Marian, her fella Chad and his daughter Clare. Dinner was followed with some gelato in Lincoln Square. After a month of wicked heat, it was nice to linger outside.
On Thursday, James’ college friend Jim and his wife Carla came to visit. Grandpa graciously headed in from South Bend to babysit, and the couples enjoyed some amazing Mexican food at Rick Bayless’ Frontera Grill. Grandpa stayed to swing a bit the next morning before heading back home.
Friday afternoon, we met our L.A. friend Shayna for a veggie-friendly lunch at the Chicago Diner. The adults enjoyed faux gyros and Philly cheese steaks, but Mathias broke protocol by smuggling in some ham.
On Saturday, James headed to Lollapalooza with Jim and Carla, continuing his weekend-long trend of not getting any photos with them! The couple pictures he did snag are on an old film camera because Lori and Mathias took the digital camera to the beach to visit Grandma Gail’s family!
Click here for a full slideshow of the fun at the beach.
Finally, on Sunday we met up with the Polas at the Shedd Aquarium! Here the guys are showing off their catch in the Amazon Rising exhibit.
See a few more aquarium photos here.
We closed the weekend with a great lunch with Jim and Carla, which Mathias was nice enough to nap through. It was a fun-filled weekend…although we may need to charge up a bit before we try to match it!
