July 14 - Kohl Children's Museum & Girl and the Goat (Part 3)

Weather watch for today said rain, rain, rain and the sky outside our condo concurred.  Time to get in the car and roll out to Glenview to visit their superlative children's museum.  I made the trek out here a couple of times with Jacqui when we lived here and I remember it being fantastic.  My memory served -- except Jacqui is really too old to enjoy it now!  Natalie was in heaven and Charlotte was certainly engaged but Jacqui really had to shine it on for her sisters.  This is the problem with a 6-year age gap in your children - it will be a lot of years before everyone is happy doing the same thing!  The beach is a notable exception - everyone loves the beach.

After we handed over the kids to the sitter, we set off for the evening on foot.  We walked down Clark Street, through Old Town and down Michigan Ave - just like old times!  So many great memories.  Then we hung a right at the river and walked back to Girl and the Goat for the 3rd time in 10 days!  Jack is determined to try everything on the menu and darn it, he's going to do it!  We did not have a reservation so squeezed into a couple of stools in the bar area.  We were hoping that the 2 gals on the couch across from us were going to move so we could slip into those cushy seats but they decided to stay put and we proceeded to chat with them and share dishes and stories for the next 3 hours!  They were delightful, impromptu dinner companions and we all enjoyed the serendipity of meeting fun, new people.  After the glasses were cleared and the checks were paid, we finally introduced ourselves and exchanged contact info - you never know - maybe we'll see them again!