29 Hours, 706 Miles

I let Harry watch this video and now he wants to go back.

I told him that we might go back if we visit Chicago again.

Now he wants to go to Chicago “Not Now” which means “Right Now!”

OK, we’ll just pack up the van and drive 6 hours.

It was really fun though.  I really would like to go back to this museum sometime!

Making playdough

Finding things to chew on

Painting on the plastic man

OK, this was totally MY favorite part.  If you look closely you can see little dots in a vertical line on the screens.  So, you would go and stand in front of the screen and it would create a really stark shadow.  If you stood under the dots (that were cascading down the screen) they would pile up on top of your shadow.  You could hold out your hand and “catch” the dots too!  Does this make sense?  It was so awesome.  How in the world did it work?

You took your picture with a little camera and your face became the face of the butterfly, bee, or beetle.  It was way funny!  Then you got to fly around different places in Chicago.

Sears Tower

Part of the city

Ginos East Deep Dish Pizza!!!  YUMMMMM!  This pizza had a sausage patty on it that was literally the size of the pizza.  Seriously.  Sausage in every bite!!!  David really liked it, and it was almost too much for me, but still really really good.  Wyatt enjoyed the placemat, napkins, keys, and his pacifier. 

We ended up getting a hotel to stay in  - the Farfield Inn in downtown Chicago.  It was TOTALLY worth it!!!!  Even just to have a place to sleep rather than in the freezing car.  I like staying in hotels because for us it is still a novelty.  We enjoyed a really great breakfast – waffles, oatmeal, cereal, juice, hot chocolate, yogurt, etc etc it was a lot of fun an we were able to take our time because the museum didn’t open until 10:00.  Wyatt liked the yogurt.  David had left for his test earlier, but he did manage to grab a little egg sausage sandwich.  He normally doesn’t eat breakfast.

David was taking a test for the Presidential Management Fellowship which maybe we’ll explain later, right now Wyatt is getting hungry!

We took a wonderful and chilly walk to the museum in the double stroller.  I loved the walk – I think is was a little less than a mile. 

David also got to visit his Uncle Ron who is at Northwestern University Hospital recovering from a severe heart attack. David said he looks pretty weak, but according to David's Aunt Melinda and cousin Chris who were there, he's looking much better. We're blessed to live in a world where medical technology saves lives.

After eating lunch we headed back to Columbus, arriving at about 11:00.  It was such a FAST trip, but so so fun to get away for a while!