It's a BEAUTIFUL beach town with a lot to do with young kids. Syd really enjoyed it and I LOVED having a few days with my best friend and getting to be a part of her life.
Here is Syd's self portrait during the road trip.
On our first day there, the girls decided to have a spa day, where we got our nails done. I wish I had taken a picture of the crazy-cool flowers Sydney had painted on her toes.
Our girl picture:
The boys' picture:
The next day was Father's Day, so we got up and did our traditional Father's Day breakfast: Beignets and Coffee. Here's a very proud Daddy:
A few other things we did while in Michigan.. PLENTY of time at the fountain area (Syd's favorite place), the beach, a Kid's funhouse and some shopping around the downtown area.
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While we were still in St. Joe's, Zach and Josh drove over to Chicago, where Zach got to check something off his life's to-do list... go to a Cub's game.
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Syd lost her first molar while we were in Michigan. She was very excited to see what the Michigan tooth fairy brought.
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Jess is pregnant with her first baby, a sweet boy, so I had to take some maternity pictures while we were there.
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So, after we left Michigan, we went to Chicago, where we spent a couple days. The biggest reason for our Chicago trip was so that Syd could visit the American Girl store. We stayed at the Wyndham, and spent a LOT of time at the American Girl store.
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The rest of time we were in Chicago, we hustled to make sure we could see everything we wanted to. We went to the Navy Pier, Gino's Pizza, tried Chicago-style hot dogs, took a boat tour and much, much more.
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Here a couple of my favorite family pictures from the trip:
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1 comment:
Love it!!!! I'm glad you guys enjoyed it. I had no idea Zach was a Cubbies Fan. Even Lily has a Cubs hat :)
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