We love cousin visits

We got the privilege to host cousin Zachary for two weeks while he went to comedy camp at Second City.  It was hilarious how floored my kids were by how much sleep a teenager requires.  One Saturday, we got up, went to get coffee, hit up a park, and came home to find Zachary still asleep.  The kids couldn't believe it!  Getting him up, fed and out of the house in time for 10 a.m. camp was also quite the adventure.  But it was a fun look into Joe and I's future.  And we did manage to get Zach up long enough to do some sight seeing. 

The Bean and Buckingham Fountain are kind of required visits.

Right after Zachary went home to Indy, we were visited by the Deon and Frost kids doing a driving tour of the midwest.  While it was a bit of a short trip, we still managed to fit in some parks and a trip to Medieval Times.

I would have loved to have witnessed Uncle Marco's reaction to Medieval Times.  He would have been like - this is not how a real joust would have gone.  And what is this castle made of?  Not stone, that's for sure.  Yeah yeah Marco.  We all know you have real castles in Europe.  But in Schaumburg, we just make it up.

Girls even managed to snag a pic with the cute knight!  Good times had by all!