Chicago Trip...Just the Big Girls!

The week before Christmas Sami and I stayed the night at my mom's house so we could go to Chicago the next day. My mom and I have gone to see the windows at Christmastime every year (with the exception of last year because I was too sick to go) since high school. This year we thought it would be fun to include Sami since she is a "big girl" now.

As you know from reading my blog she has been to Chicago before, but this was her first Christmas trip. The train was especially crowded that morning, and she gets a bit nervous in crowds. But after a little while she warmed up and was playing "rock-paper-scissors" with her Nana! =)
As part of our tradition we always eat at The Walnut Room. This lovely restaurant is located on the 6th floor at the State Street Macy's (formally Marshall Field's). This big beautiful tree is decorated differently every year, and we always look forward to seeing it.

Sami was speechless when she saw it! Her big brown eyes just gazing in awe! =)

There was NO WAIT when we got there, so we sat at a table right away! Most years we get a pager and wait 2-3 hours so this was a huge blessing! There are girls dressed up as fairies that go around to each table, and you can make a wish. As you can imagine Sami thought that was pretty awesome!

We hadn't written Santa a letter yet, so we sat down to do that as well. They had a nice little table set up with crayons and paper. She wrote one for herself, and Skylar too! And off it went in the Macy's mailbox.

We only waited 20 minutes to see what I believe to be the real deal Santa! This Santa was so jolly and kind! Sami gave her 3 requests: "Littlest Pet Shops, Molly School Set, and a Bitty Baby robe and slippers for her and her baby" She spoke with Santa a bit more, and then asked him what kind of cookies he would like her to leave out. I thought that was pretty sweet! FYI~Santa says he likes chocolate chip best of all! ;)

My little town girl LOVES the big city! She looked at the windows with amazement! What I was amazed at was the lack of people on the streets! We usually go earlier in the season, so maybe that was the difference. At any rate...we were able to actually look and read each window. SO NICE!!!!

I love this tradition! =)