Fun Saturday

We had a nice day together as a family. I can seriously see the stress from the weekdays ooze off of Ben on Saturdays. Eli loves having him around so much on the weekends!

First, we went to this event hosted by the realtor's company that we're working with. They had free Oberweis ice cream (YUM), random performers and games. It took place at a historical house, but we werent allowed inside, which I was bummed about. Eli just cared about the balloons - it was hard to tear him away since we didn't bring one home...

Next, I convinced Ben that we should go eat at a Mexican restaurant, Rique's, in a neighborhood in Chicago called Uptown. We were the only ones in there at 4:45 p.m. It has high ratings on yelp and the Zagat guide, but today was not a busy day.

Eli enjoyed wandering around with an empty basket. We didn't care since we were the only ones there...

We've eaten there twice before, and both times the neighborhood has made us a little nervous. This time was no different. The restaurant is nice enough, but the street outside is swarming with homeless, disabled, and other sad people walking aimlessly around. It's a really depressing area with bars on the windows and not a whole lot going on (but the food at Rique's is good!). I didn't dare take a picture of streetscape (we were getting weird looks just walking outside back to our car) - so I got a shot of the restaurant's front window.

We ended the day at the beach. Eli loved throwing rocks (and thankfully it wasn't too crowded so it didn't bother anyone). Eli was sad when it was time to go - he loves playing in the sand.