Chicago part II

We visited the Museum of Science and Industry, and let me tell you, that is THE most amazing museum I have ever been to.  It is beyond ginormous and has the most amazing things inside!  I truly believe you would have to go every day for a week to see everything it had to offer.

A picture of a little boy walking into heaven...

We saw lots of tractors on our drive to Chicago, so to be able to sit in a real one was pretty cool.

They had a real German submarine from WW2.  It was so cool.

This is my cautious child.  he was not sure that the glass would hold him in from falling down below.

Every day they place eggs ready to hatch out in an incubator and you can watch them peck through their shells!

This little guy hatched the day before and he liked following Jackson around the glass.

Another wing of the museum held all sorts of transportation machinery.  Trains.

All sorts of airplaines were hanging from the ceiling

Walking around downtown, we saw this Bentley/Lamborghini store.  My husband picked out the green one here. I had to wipe the drool off his chin...

We made a visit to Sprinkles cupcakes!  They were SO good. (and pricey, but hey, it's vacation)

Pizzeria Uno-the same as Pizzeria Due, just the first one they opened, thus, it's called Uno.  We always eat at Due b/c it's got a bigger dining area.  However, deep dish takes about 45 minutes to cook once ordered, so with 2 kids this time, we learned to call it in and eat it at our hotel (which was literally across the street).  We gave Gino's East deep dish a try, since it's famous too, but to us, there was no contest:  Pizzeria Due is BY FAR the better pizza.  They invented it, so that's probably why.

A day at the Field Museum of Natural History.

Of course, the Blackwells arrived early before it opened, so we played hide and seek in the lobby area.

More hide and seek.

The Field museum building itself is a beautiful building.

Sue.  The world's biggest best preserved T Rex fossil.  Named after the lady who found it in Utah.

Beautiful ceiling in the Field Museum.

Mini Golf another day at Navy Pier

The Ferris Wheel.  This, is the kind of weather when we should have gone for a ride in it.

a Kiddie ride at Navy Pier.  Fun times.