Days 3 and 4 - Art, Melons, and More.

The girls continue to improve on their sleep conversion ... with Su adapting a little faster than 
Gigg. I am guessing that in the next day or two they will both be perfectly 
adapted. Actually ,,,, for all practical purposes ... Gigg is adapted ... because 
the fact that she still gets up at 430 or 530 am ... doesnt impact us at all... 
since she is ready to go for all of our activities and stays up until at least 
10 or 1030pm.

Yesterday,  was a very rainy and cool day, so we went to the Museum of Science 
and Industry.  





Tuesday it was a very cool and windy day and we
went to the Art Institute of Chicago  and the Cultural Center... and
saw the silver bean, the park gardens, and we saw Yoyo Ma doing a live
rehearsal for an evening concert at the Millennium Park Pavilion. After
Su and Gigg each taking over 200 pics during the first 2 days, I
assumed  that we would not take too many pictures at the two Museums.
Well ... at the end of 4 days ... we have about 900 pictures ....and if
the MOSAI or the Art Museum ever have a fire, they can contact us and we
can provide a backup of their collections ... ;-) .









We also wrapped up our day by visiting the only of 7 world wide Bahai
Temples in North America. As we arrived, we saw about 9 monks in bright
orange colored robes and I asked the girls if they could be Thai. They
said no, but then reconsidered as they heard them talking in Thai. There
were also some other Thai's  in the temple visitor center ... so it
seemed to be "Thai day in Willamette".





The girls continue to enjoy their stay... and Su has not only carved an
apple 



but also carved a watermelon and then served the watermelon in it
.. in the manner it was served to royalty in the days of old. (the
inside was scooped out and served in the ornate shell container.)





Here is my son Mike. Trust me on this one, don't get 
in between him and an ornately carved piece of fruit.



We are also making some progress in adapting to and finding some
acceptable types of food in the USA. Su tried a package of frozen
spaghetti and meatballs... and really liked it  ... and for lunch today
we had Subway Sandwiches  (Su had a "spicy italian" and Gigg had
"tuna"). Tonight Mike made us a very nice dinner of tenderloin steak
(grilled), grilled veggies (no tomatoes) and little baked "finger
potatoes".

Tomorrow and Friday we plan to go to the Zoo and the Botanical Garden
... so we can document in pictures every flower and plant known to
mankind ... ;-).



Mike