Blue Man
This weekend was my time in Chicago. I went early morning on Saturday, and I got lucky and was able to get some last minute tickets to the Blue Man Group. Thanks Jen!

Novali and I went downtown to meet Jen when she arrived with the Albion group. Jen and I took Novali to a fun place near Wrigley to have lunch. Joey's Brickhouse was the name, and they had a sweet lunch buffet option. Basically you could order anything you wanted on the menu, as many times as you wanted, and you just paid one flat price. My kind of place... and they had grilled cheese and tomato soup so Novali was pleased as well. We ate, ate some more, Novali colored, we ate a little more, and I got to know some of Jen's friends who live and work in Chicago. It was a fun lunch, at the end her friends went off to the Cubs game, and we went off to find a park to play.

She always loves blowing bubbles.

She couldn't just climb up the ladder... she climbed through it.

A strong wind came... she hung on to the pole for her life. She loves pretending.

Trying to walk on the balance beam.

After entertaining ourselves for a while blowing bubbles and running around the playground we went back downtown to meet up with the students and head off to the play. It was a fun bus ride and Novali was friendlier with my students then I thought she would be so that was good. It was at the small Briar Street Theater in Lincoln Park. Our seats were good but I was worried she might get scared during the show.... I was wrong and she loved it! She clapped and cheered, clapped in rhythm with the audience, and laughed and enjoyed herself. Thanks Jen for the tickets and the great company all day! Novi came home and passed out! It was a long day.

Downtown we stopped to see the horse carriages.

We put Nono in the bag while walking around.

She liked all the neon lights in the lobby..

She loved the show, and wanted to touch the Bluemans head.

Sunday we got up and watched some Fairytopia movies... she explained the whole fairy world to me and all their stuff. It was funny. We had breakfast, called my parents, and then I had to hit the road. It was a quick trip but full and busy. I won't see her again until Memorial Day... I need to plan a fun weekend. Until then lots of work, more trips and the Albion semester will end and life will become much slower for me!