Colin's Birthday Weekend in Chicago

Colin turned Five on Friday and he celebrated the event with a weekend in Chicago with Dad, the Cubs and all different types of transportation. As much as enjoys trains, planes and automobiles, this was the weekend for him, and of course a Cubs game was the weekend for Dad. The picture above is taken in front of the famous Chicago Theater after the Cubs game on Saturday. Colin wanted to ride the trains and where better to go than downtown Chicago.

Colin aboard the Blue Line "L"

Transferring to the bus for the ride down Addison Street.

Staying at a hotel near O'Hare allowed Colin to keep an eye on many airplanes landing.

And the luggage cart was his own "Blue Line train."

It was the Cubs and the Marlins playing the third of a four game series. The third base coach for Florida is former Iowa Defensive Back and Outfielder Bo Porter. Bo played for the Hawkeyes in the early to mid nineties. He has been with the Marlins for three seasons.

Peter Cetera formerly of the band Chicago led the crowd in Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the 7th inning stretch.

Here Colin and I take a picture from our seats, perhaps some of the worst in the ballpark. While trying to economize our trip to the Windy City, we decided to purchase the cheapest seats the Cubs had to offer, however, stay away from Row 9 of the Upper Deck Reserved in Section 509. Row 9 is the last row and those in Section 509 could not see the Center Field Scoreboard. On this sunny day with temperatures in the 60s, our seats backed up to a chain link fence with a cold wind howling into our backs. Colin did tough it out and we made it through seven plus innings.

And what I feel is the money picture from the entire weekend, Colin and I outside the Friendly Confines.

Of course we had to take time to do a little swimming. If we weren't riding on public transportation, we were in the pool.

But Colin needs time to relax following the game. Here he is showing off his new Cubs hat bought earlier in the day at Wrigley Field.

This was an exciting weekend for Colin. He was jumping for joy. Although it is difficult to see, there is definite seperation between his legs and the bed.

It was a long weekend, but it was a good weekend. Colin crashed hard every night.

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