We kicked off our Thanksgiving expedition to the Midwest with a few days in Chicago, where the girls and I revisited our old stomping grounds while Daddy was working. The most exciting thing for Lily was not the tall buildings or the big lake, but riding the El. I took her around the Loop and up the Brown line to Fullerton, then we switched to the Red Line and rode underground back downtown. She was looking out the window on the way up saying, "Mommy, look at all the big houses!" when we passed the Hancock Tower, and "the ladies are getting off now!" when anyone, male or female, got off the train. When we rode the Red Line back, she said "Mommy, we going real so fast unerground!" I have never seen anyone so excited to ride the subway, it was by far the best $2.25 I've ever spent. If you ask her now what she did in Chicago, all she remembers is "I ride a train!"
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