Spring Break Surprise

We pulled off the big surprise. We went to Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg to go the the Lego Store which actually wasn't very impressive. Not a single Indiana Jones Lego in the whole place. Then we browsed Build-A-Bear and Disney and ate at the Rainforest Cafe which was definitely the highlight of the mall experience. They LOVED it. It was pretty cool in an overpriced, cheesy, touristy kind of way. They just didn't want to leave and asked to go back the next day. When we left Mt. Zion, it was 55 degrees and sunny. When we got to Chicago, it was 30 degrees and a blizzard. They ended up getting 5 inches where we were which is plenty to make things messy and crazy.
Then we went to the Holiday Inn in Elmhurst which has an indoor waterpark. Parker and Jack are not into water slides and getting splashed at all but they could ride the "lazy river" all day. They love it. (I do too.) So despite the fact that we had to wait in line for 45 minutes to check in and that we only had 1 towel in our room and although we asked multiple times, never received any more towels and they don't get the newspaper on weekends--we had a great time. And they took $100.00 off our bill for our inconvenience. I've never been so glad that Travis is a complainer! So, we had a fun time and I think we may have to make an annual event of it but maybe someplace different and we know to bring our own towels.