"This Is My First Time Riding a Bus!"

I got brave and figured out how to ride the bus with the kids. I do believe that Joel is right in his declaration, "This is my first time riding a bus!" 

 

See? More art appreciation! :) They liked this statue of Schiller for some reason. Who was Schiller? I don't know--I didn't read the sign because I was still trying to release all the adrenaline I had produced on account of taking children on the bus. 

Directly outside the front gate of the Lincoln Park Zoo is a very lovely garden and fountain.

More art appreciation--These statues in the fountain have fish tails for legs--but are otherwise anatomically correct! Ummm...yes, I see that! Thank you, children, for your astute observation.  

Noelle, Joel, and Flat Sammy as African termites.

We even made it home...on the bus! My excursion options just expanded significantly.