Labor Day Adventures - Chicago Style

Over Labor Day we headed to Chicago for some fun cousin time.  There were some rough moments on Saturday morning when this guy stepped into a yellow jacket hive.  It wasn't pretty.  In fact, it was pretty awful.  I did my best to remain calm, but I didn't do very well.  30+ stings and he still put on a brave face.

   A bit of quite time building wish his big cousin helped.  She was so sweet with Jack all weekend - she even played a game of Candyland with him and he loved it!
 William lost his third tooth - that one on the top.  His cousins have an Alexa and the first thing he did after I pulled that bad boy was to walk right up to Alexa "Alexa - how much does the tooth fariy pay in Chicago?"  He was disappointed when she didn't have an answer :)

 Since Jack was mostly recovered, we headed out on an adventure - apple picking! 

 This little farm was adorable!  No tractors, but the orchard wasn't far.  The kids had a pretty great time picking apples and it was just a gorgeous day!

 They enjoyed eating the apples too :)

We stopped at a super cool nature center on our way home.  The kids had a great time exploring. 

 They were all totally enthralled checking out the native animals and trying to lead the snake with their fingers.

Jack especially liked looking at all of these skulls and figuring out what they belonged to.  A little morbid, but educational.