Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry was on the kids' snowman list for this year. Mike was down in Chicago for a conference through Friday, so Brooke, Clayton and I took the 8 a.m. train down to the Museum and Mike met up with us at lunch when his conference wrapped up. It was a packed day, but a lot of fun!
I'd almost venture to call the train ride with the "older kids" easy - I read a book while they worked on various things - AMAZING! And I had my own little milestone of getting a taxi by myself. Well actually we just lined up with everyone else in the designated "get a taxi area."
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| Train Station Downtown |
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| Brooke took the picture |
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| Fairness happens occasionally...Clayton took the picture |
Brooke really enjoyed reading all about the different exhibits and Clayton really enjoyed manipulating any movable part on any and all of the exhibits.
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Fine...take another picture...
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We did two "add-ons" for the day....the mine train and the submarine exhibit. Both were excellent choices and I think two additional tours was just the right amount.
These two made me laugh when they insisted on doing the fighter pilot simulator. They got themselves turned upside down a few too many times and hit the emergency stop button after 45 seconds. Oh boy...
I think we all could have skipped the 3.5 hour drive home. (Mike chauffeured since he had driven down for the conference.) Rush hour on a Friday afternoon was exhausting.
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