We were feeling pretty down after the family left on Sunday, but on Wednesday afternoon, we ubered up to Eleanor’s for the afternoon, and Annie played with the girls while I got in my baby cuddles and added some books to my list and enjoyed adult conversation with Eleanor and ate yummy homemade food!
Then for the 4th, Mariel and Hazel drove over from Hillsdale and took an 8 hour pit stop in Chicago on their way out to South Dakota. We showed Hazel Annie’s room, and the girls realized that they both have read One Morning in Maine, Annie’s current obsession!
We made our way down to Millennium Park, stopping to check out a playground on the way down, showing Hazel the Big City sites, and hanging out in the children’s play garden in Millennium Park until we got too sweaty.
So we went in to the Art Institute to cool off and get some culture.
Then we picked up Chick-fil-a and headed over to have a picnic dinner while listening to the Grant Park Music Festival’s Independence Day concert!
It was a long and much-needed break from the same white walls and gray floors! I have said it before, but I’ll say it again: Mauck Girls are the best, and it makes my heart happy to have a second generation of kindred spirit friendships for my girls.