Illinois and Indiana Fun

We're here in Indiana now, after spending some time in Chicago with our friends there. We saw all kinds of cool stuff, like the Institute of Art with all it's famous paintings and sculptures. Evi did great there, happily vocalizing as we meandered through the galleries. I'm not sure how much she enjoyed the art, but lots of the patrons enjoyed interacting with her. We also went to the Shedd Aquarium and Evi was really interested in the fish there. That was such a cool place...so many cool aquatic animals!! Really good food in the food court, too! We also walked all around and saw the Cloud Gate, which most locals call "The Bean" a giant, reflective, curvilinear form. Neat...see our flickr pictures if you want to actually see what I am writing about.

Then we went to Plainfield, IN, a suburb of Indianapolis, where we spend some time with a family of four, whom we knew as a family of three in Brooklyn. Evi was really interested in the doings of the two kids, 5 and 1. The one-year old was "Evi's boyfriend" according to his 5-year old sister. So cute...again, see the pictures at flickr. Now we are in Bloomington, having got a tour of the IU campus from our friend who teaches there. He and his wife have a super cute 2-year old girl, who, again, entertains Evi to no end. We are having a lot of fun just relaxing now and hanging out with friends.

Family next...Dan's uncle and aunt and family in Tennessee and his sister in Austin. Updates from those places. As much fun as this trip is, we are really excited to return to the Pacific Northwest!! Yay!