day 67 of summer

Day #67:  Tuesday, July 29

We had a busy Tuesday in Chicago.  We fit in the Museum of Science & Industry, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and the Lincoln Park Zoo.  That was A LOT of walking for three little kiddos so by the time we got to the zoo they were pretty much done so we just did a fly through of the zoo right before it closed.  I would totally recommend going to both museums we visited on Tuesday if you have younger kids.  They were both great and had so many hands on things to do!  I can't really give a review of the zoo because my kiddos were DONE by that point and made the trip less then enjoyable through it ;).

On the shuttle bus to the Museum of Science & Industry.

Sometimes those two can be very sweet to each other...holding hands up the escalator.

The robot did a dance for us!

Trying to get the "butterflies" to land on your shoulders.

So much to see... actual airplanes just hanging from the ceiling.

It's very amazing!

The kiddos got to watch a toy top being made for them through a machine assembly line!  You will notice that Evan is missing from the next several pictures...that's because he was having a little bit of a fit because there were three colors to choose from:  green, purple, and orange...of course everyone wanted a different color so I made them choose a # and Avery won with his choice of green...if you know Evan this did not make him very happy.  Oh well, he eventually got over it ;).

Wind tunnel!

Go Ellie go!

The kiddos loved this part the most...a hands on children's area.

Then after our little 2 hour train fiasco ;) we finally made it to Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.  Smaller then the other LARGE museums we had just visited, but that made it kind of nice.  Very fun if you have smaller kids.

Butterfly room.

Then a "short" {well the kiddos thought the walk to FOREVER} walk and we were at the zoo.  No one really wanted to walk around at this point.

The bear was sleeping right on the other side of the glass!

Ended the day with more swimming time, but it was COLD...that doesn't seem to phase the boys at all.  Overall, it was a good day, just a lot to see and do!