lincoln park picnic

on memorial day we rode our bikes with claire down to lincoln park for a picnic. we walked all around on clark and on broadway, looking in all the shops and enjoying the beautiful day. it was so nice. i love days like this.

claire in my bag

ready for the ride

yum!

oh, hello!

claire's tongue was hanging out so long!

what a cute puppy! claire's curious

it's a shizu/poodle, i call 'em shitty poo's

we had to capture this "great head" moment;)

memorial day parade

memorial day is tomorrow; but the chicago memorial day parade was yesterday! we rode our bikes down town (17 mi. round trip!) and met up with our friends renee and jeff who took the train. this parade wasn't nearly as crowded as the one on st. patty's day. we had a great spot across from the chicago theatre and could see everything perfectly. for some reason when i think about a chicago parade i imagine huge floats-a big to do. but, apparently it's not like that. it felt like a montana parade, only longer. i guess the big floats only happen in new york. afterward, we enjoyed a picnic and revisited our tourist days!

this is mostly what the parade was all about (above)

this guy was kinda cool. he's full of air; but there's an actual person in there! dangerous right?! i mean, he's made of plastic!

these cute little cta buses seem way more fun than the life size version.

afterward we all had a picnic in millennium park. it was so beautiful out. so good to get together with friends.

pretty tulips.

i had to get some pics of the bean-just a refresher.

i like this sculpture

a ride and a walk

since the weather is getting nicer we decided that we would start riding our bikes at least once a week together with claire. we'll find a cute place and walk her there then make our way home, exploring the city little by little. this past weekend was pretty nice and we rode to a cute little area surrounding clark and foster. there's a bunch of shops and restaurants. it was pretty fun!

we caught one of those push cart vendors and bought some ice cream. just a little refreshment!

these signs were outside of a dance studio. we enjoyed them.

biking around

we rode our bikes today down to lake shore. though it seemed nice, it was pretty windy once we started riding. and why is it that no matter which directions you're going, it's always into the wind?! regardless, the lake was beautiful. we got some nice pics.

after that we cruised over to loyola where there were tons of really pretty tulips. i love flowers!

on our way home we ran into some geese. there were really funny waddling around and s**ting everywhere. hilarious!

they were talking to there friend in the water.

beach trip

we rode our bikes to the beach today. we took claire and she loved it. i was really surprised too because she was adventurous enough to go up to the waters edge and drink. so cute! we made sandwiches and had a picnic there. then we just rode our bikes around the cutesy little neighborhoods of chicago. it was really fun. and, we got some sun. i love summer!

chad and claire

drink this water claire girl!

here's the love birds (we always have to take our own pics).