St. Patrick's Day in Chicago

Our big outing in March was to see the river dyed green in Chicago for St. Patrick's day.  

This is how the day went..

We were actually early for the 8:37 a.m. train.  There were a ton of people!  The train was packed.  We got one seat and a spot for our stroller.  Thankfully, a guy gave up his seat so we had 6 people on two seats!  I held Sofie, Nels held Noah or Isak and Kira sat on a small spot next to me.  It was cozy.  The train was loud, but thankfully the hour plus twenty minute ride went quickly.  People watching helped pass the time.  Here's our family on the train:

Noah was SUPER good and cute.  A happy surprise.  😀

He loved the train.  He kept  saying "Choo, choo" and looking out the window.

And he was so silly with daddy.  😜

Once we arrived, we walked over to Michigan Avenue.  We saw the green river!  We took lots of pictures.  It was cold and windy...38 degrees or so.  But the wind made it SO cold.

Noah was freezing and Kira was so cold she was mad...as you can see from the picture below.

The bridges were crowded with people taking pictures.  We tried to get a few shots.

Someone offered to take our picture...haha.  kind of a funny one...

Then we found a spot by accident that was secluded and no one was around.  So we took some time to take some pictures.  I whipped out my selfie stick and started clicking.  haha.

I think this one is funny.

Then someone found our spot...but they were nice and took our picture for us.

And that's the green river!

After pictures, we walked around to find a place to eat.  It was soooo crowded everywhere.  We ended up at McDonald's.  Kira thought it was the Best part of the day.  The kids ate 20 nuggets and we got a green shake to share.

Then we walked back to the train station.  This is how the river normally looks...

There's Nels with the stroller and kids.

We made it just in time for the 1:40 p.m. train.  They literally closed the doors as we got the stroller onto the train!  Then we walked up the moving train to find seats.  Thankfully Nels found a great spot with plenty of room and we enjoyed the train home.  Sofie ate snacks the whole time.  Noah sat on Nels's lap.  I played hangman with Kira and Isak.  We got home safe and sound and recovered with a nap. 😀