Christmas Time in the City

Blue Line
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Darin decided that we should take the kids downtown on the 11th to check out the decorations and see the big tree at Macy's. We took the blue line and the kids loved it. The train may have been the highlight of the day.



This happened to be the first snow of the season. We got downtown pretty early and the streets weren't really crowded and the snow was really pretty.



The Macy's decorations were pretty grand as well.





We had lunch at the Walnut Room (it was a very short line - lucky us!). The kids loaded up on bread, so I got to carry around the mac-n-cheese for the rest of the day. We rode the escalators all the way to the eighth floor, we visited the toy section -- which is not as dynamic as it once was. Actually, it was a bit disappointing, but the kids didn't know the difference, so they liked it just fine.



After the Macy's tour, we headed back to the el for a fun ride home.



A good time was had by all!