Mom and Jack's weekend

Andy went to Colorado this past weekend for some skiing and snowboarding with his friends, so Jack, Lou, and I had the house to ourselves. We didn't do anything incredibly exciting; mostly just played around the house and ran errands. I did take Jack out to breakfast one morning at the Rock n Roll McDonald's in downtown Chicago. Prior to this weekend, I'd only ever visited this McDonald's at the drive-thru, so this was actually the first time I had been inside.

Jack got down to business first, wolfing down some pancakes. He ate 2 whole pancakes and a sausage patty.


After eating, we took a tour of the upstairs. Everything's pretty upscale, as far as McDonald's go--leather armchairs, nice wood floors and cabinets. There's a coffee and gelato bar also, though the cold weather outside discouraged us from trying any of the gelato. Jack loved looking out the windows.


He also enjoyed looking at the collectibles (snowglobes and Pez dispensers).



The back of the upstairs takes you through a tour of the last several decades in the U.S. Jack especially liked the different lights and chandeliers from each era.


And again, the windows. That's the Rainforest Cafe next door with the big frog. This McDonald's is in a very touristy part of town; the Hard Rock Cafe is also next door.


Jack thought the St. Patrick's Day decorations were pretty cool.


To wrap things up, here's a picture of Lou looking pretty after his day of pampering at the Pooch Hotel. On Saturday I had to answer phone calls for work, so to have one less child to look after, I booked Lou for a day of doggy daycare. He also got a much needed bath and "paw"dicure.


A hard day of play on Saturday resulted in Lou spending most of Sunday like this. What a rough life.