Friday afternoon we set out to walk around town.
The shiny "bean" in Millennium park was a big hit
But a small park area to run around in was even better
We tried for a dinner out of some Chigago style pizza but a baby who hadn't slept well the night before was less than interested in being contained in a high chair. So, pizza to go back at the hotel and an early night for everyone left us in better shape for a packed day on Saturday. The weather was beautiful so first we headed down to Navy Pier. After some lunch we went took advantage of the reciprocal membership with the Cincinnati Children's museum and checked out Chicago's version.
Getting ready for the water table
Splashing was a lot of fun
Drying off turned out to be a good time too.
There were ball mazes
Mail to collect
and archeology sites
After a quick turn on the Navy Pier ferris wheel
We were inspired to go see some real dinosaur bones. So Josh had his first boat ride on the water taxi and we set off for the Field Museum to check out "Sue".
After deciding to appreciate the beauty of the fall day by walking the forty minutes back to our hotel we had a very tired (and teething) baby but he loved all the sights and sounds and spent most of the way back waving at everyone we passed. After flirting with our waitress over some great Mexican food, he was out for the night. Since we wanted to wait for naptime the next day for the drive home once we were up we set off for Shedd aquarium.
Josh's favorite part was the area where you could dress up like the penguins to climb and slide over the "ice"
He was not so amused by the piranha hat in the gift shop so we took that as our cue to hit the road and head back to Ohio.
