While at the pier, we saw so many people with American Girl shopping bags, so we figured it must be close by. We got directions, and Jodee and I were on our way!
First stop--the mac-n-cheese statue.....if you know Jodee, you know this statue is ALL Jodee!!! This girl would eat macaroni and cheese for every meal if I let her!
Our walk, I mean hike, I mean marathon to the American Girl store took us right by Lake Michigan.
She had to stop to play in the sand:
After walking for what felt like forever...and realizing we missed our tunnel that we were supposed to take so we ended up walking farther than we should have, we finally found it!
This one is incredible. We found Jodee's doll, Julie....
And another setup of Julie.....this one was cool because it was all stuff from the 70's. They have a bike you can purchase for the doll....only $80!!! I told Jo that was more than her own bike was worth, so Julie could just ride along with her on her big bike. Craziness!!
We spent a good 1 1/2 hours walking around in there. Only spent a little bit...bought 1 birthday present, and Jo spent some of her own money. It was so fun though!! We were glad we went.
We were wiped out and starving after the long walk and missing out on dinner with the boys, so we stopped at Jamba Juice...YUM!
This was our view walking back to the pier....
And a random, neat looking building...
This just about does it for Chicago, I think. Once again, thanks to NAWGJ for sending me to Chicago for the symposium! Our vacation would have been Kansas City had it not been for my judging!!
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Kansas City would have been ok, but Chicago felt like more of a vacation. Glad we got to go with you this year.
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