Chicago Brauhaus

To celebrate what is probably grandpa and grandma's last night in Chicago before we move, we ventured to Lincoln Square to a German restaurant "Chicago Brauhaus".
(Thanks Nicole for the recommendation!)
Everything we ordered was delicious!

Ella took over my Goulash Soppe ("I-wannnit!"). i need the recipe.

The rest of us had the Schnitzel, the Brauhaus Special, Sauerbraten, and Kassler Rippchen.

Of course beer was not excluded.

I think the potato dumplings are kartoffelknödel, which we were introduced to a few years ago when we had a great afternoon with Birgit. Actually, everything reminded us of that day in Frankfurt!


We made sure to take some videos and pictures to share the fun...

zoo

 

Ella's cheese face
 

Ella and grandpa comment that the rhino is "all dirty now. it's all dirty now. yucky yucky".

Grandparents!

Ella was giddy with excitement when grandma and grandpa popped their heads in :)

Hi Sahana!

What a pleasant coincidence! We ran int sahana and her mommy just under our building! They were headed down to the beach, so we joined them.
The girls were very happy to meet each other outside of daycare, and were holding hands all the way to the beach. Sahana even picked dandelions and gave them to Ella.
Yayy!

Too big

Ella is too big for this. Ready for real big girls' bike.

Yellow morning

storm

a lightning storm blew through Chicago last night, followed by hail and rain. i tried to capture some of it before the rain started and ruined our visibility:

...at the same time in the other room,

ring around by the 3rd coast