Turning 6 in Chicago!

For Cooper and Teagan's 6th birthdays, Michelle and I decided to take them to Chicago! Mostly to visit the American Girl Store, but also to make some mommy/daughter memories and have a fun girls only trip. Cooper and Teagan were born just 5 weeks apart and then Addy and Campbell were born just 5 days apart. They are great friends and we enjoy doing a lot of things as families together.

We went to Chicago on Wed. Oct. 22 - Fri. Oct. 24. The girls didn't have school on Thursday or Friday, so they only missed Wednesday. Michelle had a big job to do in taking care of me, Cooper, and Teagan on the airplane. All went very smoothly and we all had a fantastic adventure together.


Teagan & Cooper with the big city buildings in the background. We had just ate at the Cheesecake Factory. Our hotel was just a few blocks from here, right off of Michigan Ave.


Mommy & Cooper at the Ghirardelli store. Mommy has visited the original store in San Francisco and I love it! Hopefully one day we can take Cooper there too.


Cooper and Teagan ready for bed. Our first day was a long one, but we had so much fun. Sweet dreams girls, tomorrow we hit the American Girl Store.


Mommy & Cooper at the American Girl Store, right after Cooper's doll, Maye, had her hair done and got her ears pierced. Wow! What a store. We were there from 10am until 2:30pm. We ate lunch at the cafe, had pictures taken, and shopped for all kinds of goodies. Cooper really likes the Historical doll Kaya.


After all that American Girl stuff, we needed a break. Later that day the moms needed some grown up shopping time, the girls went along and enjoyed finding a resting bench to sit on. They also liked all the escalators, elevators, and did really well walking the city streets window shopping.


Cooper and Maye got matching pj's. Cooper really loves her doll. She bought Maye in June and had to save her money up for 4 months to do so.


On Friday we went to the Shedd Aquarium. We all loved the fish! Afterwards, we came back to the hotel and found a little boutique for the girls to get manicures and the moms to get pedicures. What a blast!


Cooper and Mommy on the flight home. It started raining on the ride to the airport, otherwise the weather cooperated all 3 days we were there. (Notice Cooper's tank top, that girl!) We arrived in KC about 11pm and got home way too late. Saturday we were all very tired.

We enjoyed our time together and hope the girls will always remember their first trip to Chicago. Happy Birthday Cooper! Lots of love, Mommy.