Hot Chocolate 5k

Last weekend I ran in the Chicago Hot Chocolate 5k with several of my neighbors. We drove into the city Friday night and stayed in my friend's inlaw's condo on Michigan Avenue. Michigan Avenue is the main shopping drag in Chicago, also known as the "Magnificent Mile." The picture of the lake is one of the views from the window in the condo on the 56th floor. We ran in the race Saturday morning. The temperatures were in the 20's. We walked a mile and 1/2 to Grant Park to the start line and ran the race around the Museum Campus and along the lakeshore. Afterwards we had hot chocolate and fondue and walked back to the condo. We ate lunch at Ditka's and went shopping at the American Girl Store. After taking naps we went out for Tapas for dinner and then went to several downtown bars. We were able to walk everywhere and had a great girls' weekend.

Halloween

Halloween was a blast this year. It was our first Halloween in Illinois and I found out the day before that in Aurora there are set times for trick or treating. Our times were 4-7:30. I asked the neighbors if people really went trick or treating in the daylight and they said yes, because after dark it's too cold! At 4pm I looked out the window and the street was crawling with trick or treaters. So we joined in and were finished by 5:30. After 7:30 not a single person rang our doorbell. So nice. Ryan had to stop halfway through trick or treating because his stitches started to hurt and Mike carried him home. But he still got a lot of candy. Maddie and Tori were both ladybugs and Ryan was spiderman. (yes, again.)