Go Giants

We just got back from a trip to Chicago. Quinn and Matt saw three games and I went to two. The first game was a 6-3 win, the second a 2-1 loss and the third a 4-2 loss (I think those are the right numbers)! But all the games were exciting...the last game was 13 innings! Quinn loved all of it and never got bored. We laughed in the second game because he had a fantastic view for about 3 innings. Then the biggest man ever  with a neck the size of a large tree trunk sat down in front of him. Oh, well. Quinn also got a lot of laughs and comments because of his panda hat.

Other things we did on this trip included a visit to Millenium Park; lunch at the Taste of Chicago; dinner after the day game at Rockit; and a fun day with Tanya and Paul including a visit to the top of the John Hancock building, and a visit to the zoo. I have never seen a gorilla so close up before! I also got a chance to visit the Chicago Museum of Art which is enormous. Three hours and I probably didn't even see half of it. I must have seen artwork from at least 20 artists I have heard of; and countless others I hadn't. The impressionism area was great (and crowded), but I really enjoyed looking at the religious art with the gold and all of the beautiful detailing in the fabrics, etc.

This is an old story, but a couple of months ago, Matt woke Quinn up at 1 in the morning to see the end of the Canucks/Black Hawks series. The game was just about over for the series win, when sure enough, the Blackhawks scored...making sure Quinn would lose sleep on a school night as the game went into overtime! Fortunately, the Canucks scored pretty quickly.

One other funny story...After Quinn found out who he has for a first grade teacher, he got out his phone list from kindergarten and began calling all of his friends. It was great to listen to him talking to his friends.