Northwestern has a beautiful campus right on the lakefront in north Evanston. One of my favorite walks/bike rides is up to what Eloise and I call "the most beautiful spot in town". From this point you can see the campus, the lake, gorgeous trees, grassy areas, and all the way down to the city skyline of Chicago. Also there are hundreds of boulders bordering the lake that have layers and layers of graffiti on them. There are love letters, spirit cheers, poems, secret messages, and family portraits. Eloise loves to read all the rocks and of course climb out onto them while giving me a heart attack.
We headed up to Northwestern recently for a morning of fun. We showed Mike and Harriet "the most beautiful spot in town" and then attended a Kids Fare concert at the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. These concerts are 1 hour long and geared towards young children. Having said that, I actually learned quite a bit myself. The very talented music students perform and talk about the instruments and do silly things and make it pretty entertaining for their young audience. This month's show was all about percussion instruments. After the show, all the kids are invited on stage for an instrument petting zoo of sorts. Good times. Loud times. There are still 4 more concerts scheduled in the Kids Fare series so check them out if you are able.
After the concert we enjoyed an easy breezy lunch in Norris Hall which is right next door and then the girls rolled down a "ginormous" grassy hill.
I'm pretty sure Northwestern also has some sports or something...
out on the rocks
chi city in the background
on stage at kids fare
100 kids + percussion instruments = this picture
on campus getting ready to roll
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