Another Late Recap: Chicago in August

Israel took his clinical skills exam in August and chose the Chicago center since my sister lives there. Originally, when we were living in Brooklyn, Iz was going to fly out there alone. But since we now live 4 hours away, we all drove down to stay with the Burtons. And while poor Iz was stuck in a testing center for 9hrs, the rest of us played.
We went to the zoo. I think the kids had more fun playing with eachother than really looking at the animals. Well, what do you expect--with 3 kids we've got our own traveling zoo. None of the kids are all that athletic and you can see it in their haphazard running at breakneck speeds. We tried with limited success to get Keilani involved in the green light/red light game that's been pretty effective with the boys. Then Jarom started trying to get strangers to stop with him. People smiled, laughed, and walked around him.
We also played at the park and ran the kids silly to get out some energy before bedtime. I think the kids could live anywhere as long as there was a cool park nearby.
One other highlight was when the boys joined Keilani's swim lesson. Apparently there aren't any strict rules at their pool--unlike in Grosse Pointe--and the teacher welcomed the new additions. However, the pool was frigid. I mean turn-your-toes-blue frigid. The lesson was cut short and the two skinnier kids huddled in towels to thaw out while Jarom got right back into the water to explore the water playscape. But even he only lasted for one slide.
It was a good weekend and it's nice to have family closeby. I know that Lani lives even closer and we've really got to get together with them before we end up leaving Michigan....if we leave Michigan....I really wish we knew already where the heck we'll be living next year.

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