Weekend Wonders

This weekend, Jenni and Adam came to visit and we spent Saturday afternoon braving the wind and rain to enjoy some time downtown. After the visit to the Bean and Millennium Park, we headed over to the Art Institute to "culturalize" ourselves. There were some great times by all, and you can see it in our faces while trying to imitate one of our highlights of the trip here...



We then stocked up on drinks at Caribou Coffee and headed off to Daley Plaza to see the Christmas tree. After battling the crowds and a rowdy bunch of Santas, we arrived and made the best of another photo op...



With the Christmas season in full swing and the big day only 11 days away, we have now begun the "12 days of Christmas". Have you ever wondered who came up with the 12 days of Christmas, or what it originated from, or who in the world thought that the song would catch like it did (especially with my extended family year after year) If you're interested, here's the Wikipedia link.

But since I'm more about the how and why (being a Science teacher) and not the history of the song, have you ever wondered how much all 12 days of Christmas would cost someone in order to win over their "true love"?

Well wonder no longer, because the numbers are in....







drum roll please....






For the small price of $86,609, you can make your true love happy this holiday season. However, by leaving out the 7 swans a swimming for each of the 6 days you give them, you can save yourself some pocket change ($33,600).

Just don't let the true love know that you're holding out on those swans...


So long everybody...