Trip to Chicago

 

Lunch at Harry Caray's at Navy Pier

Walking around Navy Pier

Darth Vader throwing out the first pitch...

It's Sugar! candy store.  Paying for candy by the pound and Doodles goes with candy corn and pez.

It was around 50 degrees and a beautiful day!

Playing Simon Says as we walk along the pier

Heading to the Play Garden in Maggie Daley Park.

The ice skating ribbon and climbing walls 

Busting some moves on the way to dinner.

Dinner at Gordo's

Fried ice cream for dessert

Hitting another playground after dinner at Lakeshore East Park

Our hotel from the park

Gordo's.  Our favorite taco place under a dentist office.

Views from our hotel room

Breakfast at Wildberry Cafe. There are pancakes under there somewhere....

Off to the Museum of Science and Industry

Steam engine

Huge model train 

Making a "Gravitron" top.  (you get to watch a robotic assembly line... video below)

The mirror maze

Giant hamster wheel

Relaxing your brain made the ball move toward the other person.  I lost.

Lunch in the corner.

Learning about manure.

Milking a cow.

Moo.

Looking at fruit flies under a microscope

"Ice berg"

Learning how the German submarine was captured.

Gift shop!

Souvenir pennies.

The Lego Store at Water Tower Place

Constructing Lego people

Walking down Michigan Ave in the rain

Playing in the hotel pool while we wait for Giordano's pizza

Pizza time!

Breakfast at the Nutella Cafe after Stan's Donuts had a line out the door...

Taking the Riverwalk to the children's museum at Navy Pier

Climbing at the children's museum

Building Santa's house to add to a village of stuff everyone else has made

Dino dig

Placing Santa's house

                                             Friday daddy/kids day in Chicago

Navy Pier / Maggie Daley Park / Lakeshore East Park

Playing at the hotel pool

Museum of Science and Industry

Walking from our hotel to Navy Pier along the Riverwalk and playing at the children's museum