Friday we went to the Children's Museum on the Navy Pier. Getting there was interesting as the map we printed out didn't realize that a major road we needed to take was CLOSED. We had a GPS, but since I prefer maps and I was the navigator I used a trusty map and got us where we needed to go. We had to drive under buildings for what seemed like 10 minutes. The kids were really curious why we were under buildings, and actually weren't so thrilled with it.
The 1st thing we saw at the museum was a huge firetruck. The boys were in firefighter heaven. The had real jackets and boots to put on, a fire truck with ladder to climb on and a bedroom you could practive crawling through.
Then the boys climbed up in the pirate ship. It took some encouragement to get Simeon to keep climbing, but once he conquered his fear he climbed it a few more times. Ammon our no-fear man climbed right up like it was nothing. Corrine with her cast had to stay on the land with mom and dad!
We then headed upstairs. Rebecca found a room made just for her, so mom and Rebecca played in the baby sanctuary while Johann took the big kids around. They played in the water room, dug for dinosaurs and played a huge game of checkers. In the bug room the kids got to hold butterflies-well kind of. They stood behind a screen and when you put your hand up, the butterflies would land on them. It was really neat. Simeon got to pretend to be a bug and fly through the city.
We took Rebecca into the water room. Just as I was about to take a picture of her all cute in her rain jacket a bucket was dumped and she got wet. She wasn't too sure about it. Ammon and Simeon really enjoyed using the ropes and making water buckets go up and dump, and changing the water flow in the river.
The very last thing we did was take part in a Skyscraper challenge. We constructed a skyscraper while the computer was taking pictures of us along the way. After we built it we sat down and made it into a story.
One thing I really liked about the museum is that almost every room had a baby area. There was always a safe and fun place for Rebecca to play while the big kids enjoyed the exhibits.
After the museum we walked down to the end of Navy Pier. I am so glad we packed jackets and pants. Man was it windy and cold. It was so beautiful at the end of the pier, but so cold and windy that the kids just wanted to leave. Ammon is into pirates right now so we had to pose with the pirate statue, and Simeon so wanted to go to the top of the Sear Towers (I know that's not it's name anymore) and was excited to get a picture with and the super tall buildings behind him.
Of course when ever we go to Chicago we HAVE TO GO to White Castles. They are little square hamburgers with onions cooked on them. Johann LOVES them, the kids like them and I'm still warming up to them. I prefer the chicken sandwiches.
We finished the night swimming at our hotel, or at least trying to swim. The boys enjoyed the water with dad, but it was too much for Rebecca (there were other kids and they were splashing) and we were worried about Corrine's arm getting wet. I took the girls back up to the room, where we popped popcorn and watched a movie when the boys got back.
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