Kaplan's graduation was held at the Arie Theater at McCormick Place. I had to be there at 7:15 am for individual and honor society pictures. The graduation ceremony started at 9 and ended around noon. I now officially have a Masters in Teaching Mathematics grades k-5. It was supposed to end at 11 so I was quite cranky after sitting through the ceremony after not sleeping well the night before. Andy and my parents were there to cheer me on while Andy's parents watched the kids at Mike and Karen's place. The kids would have had a hard time sitting in the auditorium for 4 hours. After the graduation, we met Andy's parents, the kids, Maggie and Tom at the Rock Bottom Brewery. Lunch was nice. We all kind of went our separate ways after lunch. My parents went to take the tour of Chicago. Andy's parents drove home. Maggie and Tom went out to look at condos. Andy and I took the kids to the Lincoln Park Zoo where we met Mike and little Frances. We had a good time walking around the zoo and ended the fun with ice cream. We headed back to the hotel and then met my parents for dinner at Pizzeria Due so they could try Chicago style pizza. It was an early night as we were all pretty exhausted from the eventful day.
Congrats, Jen. Looks like your graduation was special and you had a spectacular time while in Chicago. :)
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