Chicago + Kids

Steve had some meetings to attend this past week in Chicago, so after months of begging to join him, he finally relented. We drove down Monday after Ben came home from school and stayed until Thursday afternoon.

The weather was perfect! The high was 70 each day and the sky was clear. The first day we went to the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, and the Alder Planetarium.

The boys loved the Electric Eels the most at the Aquarium.

We saw Sue the T-Rex at the Field Museum. The boys had the most fun at the hotel room... I had to listen to how boring the fish are, and how tired they were, blah, blah, blah. All as a ploy to get me to take them back to the hotel room. We had pillow fights on the bed and they love the new digs!
Wednesday we went to the Museum of Science and Industry. It was AMAZING! The best museum I think I have ever been to! The boys weren't quite as excited as I was, but they did have fun.

The boys climbed the rock wall. We saw a 40 foot tornado!

They had a chick hatchery!

And the idea center was all for kids.

I begged the boys to go again while Steve was in meetings Thursday morning, but they of course wanted to spend our last day enjoying the many hidden delights of the dumb hotel room. Although it was on the 26th floor, and had a great view, I couldn't complain too much!