Uncle Chris rolled into town last
Friday and our house was almost shattered with Nick’s excitement. This is not
to say Lainey wasn’t also enthused, but Nick was just off-the-wall. He had been
counting down for the past week, asking multiple
times a day if it was Friday yet, before launching into all the things he was
going to do with Uncle Chris. It was really sweet, and luckily, Chris delivered
on Nick’s expectations. There was lots of Star Wars play, and we watched Episode II: Attack of the Clones,
something Nick was particularly anticipating. (I will say, however, he seemed
just as into watching Girls Just Want to
Have Fun.) Both of the kids were really sad Uncle Sean couldn’t make the
trip and are anxious to see him at Thanksgiving. Lainey did get to do some
texting fun with him yesterday, which she loved! She’s already a tween, that
one.
The big
event of the weekend was hitting the Jurassic World exhibit at The Field
Museum. It was pretty cool—even if a little on the intense side at times for
younger kids. We had the bad luck of crossing paths with a couple and their son
asking for a refund, because the son decided it was too scary to go in. Doh!!
So, that put Lainey on edge before we even inside (to put it very, very mildly),
and both kiddos had a hard time at the Raptor and T. Rex portions. Even so, I
still highly recommend it for any families with kids who are into dinosaurs. The
real trauma for poor Nick came in the gift shop, when I refused to buy a $35
stuffed dinosaur. With lip protruded and hot tears on his cheeks, he said, “You
ruined my whole day, Mama.” As it turns out, his day was, in fact, able to
recover from this brutal blow.
The
rest of the time we just lolled about hitting the park and the forest preserve.
It was a great weekend and Nick took Chris’s departure okay. (I was worried
after he wept when Chris left to meet
friends for dinner on Saturday night.) A big thanks to Chris for making the
trip and the memories! We all love you!
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