Friday we hit a water park. It was just the right thing to beat the heat!! BR wanted to invite his new-found friend/cousin: Spencer but they weren't able to make it. We had lots of fun anyway!! :)
On Saturday we tried to take the train into Chicago but alas it was going to eat up our whole day just waiting/riding/walking/returning from the train. We opted for driving and that helped but there were still drawbacks: traffic/propaganda/fog (so we couldn't see the great views of Chicago, ie the Sears Tower). Overall it worked for our good because we were able to go see the Museum of Science and Industry. That place was so cool and so huge that we all want to go back to Chicago just to go see it again!!! We wished we'd had about 2 days to spend there!! (Besides the rest of things to do/see in Chicago!)The view we missed
Some of the highlights were:
- A scale model of the city of Chicago
- A live glass blowing/making exhibit
- A real German U-boat captured by the U.S. during WWII (Much to the disappointment of all, we didn't get to go inside because the tickets were sold out for the day!!!) :/
- A periscope from a real sub that we could look out of and see what was going on above us (outside the building)
- A submarine driving simulator that MC and BR got to take a turn driving. It was quite amusing to watch them and unfortunately their "mission failed" (they crashed). So that's another reason to go back. They want to try again. :)
- The kid's zone (which we had to race through because it was time to
leave). :/
That evening we enjoyed dinner and socializing at the home of another of GM's cousins and her husband. We had a great evening there and the kids were quite dejected when it was time to leave.
Sunday morning we caught our airplane home and all were glad to be home.
*None quite so glad as BR because his grandparents had surprised him by moving out of his room the night before.
