The Rainy City

I am renaming Chicago. Everytime we plan an outing it not only rains - but storms! Thomas and I took the South Shore line to Chicago yesterday. We met up with Suzie and the boys at the Chicago Children's Museum. This is one of my new favorite places. We were there for about 5 hours. We played, went and had some McD's, and then went back to play some more. Our train was late getting into Chicago because the train in front of us had mechanical failure. Thomas entertained himself, and the people around us, by singing along to songs on my iPod.

Digging for dinosaur bones. The "dirt" is made of shredded and recycled tires. It is really cushy underfoot.
Safety first, Charlie.

My little builder. Thomas loves the building room. Luckily for him, TJ and Billy were into it as well. They played for quite some time with the nuts, screws, washers, and wood.

The water room was a HUGE favorite of the boys'. Billy liked analyzing the water flow and diverting it with plastic blocks (I think he is going to be an engineer when he gets older). TJ liked putting boats down Billy's river. Thomas liked filling up the bucket, setting it on the ledge, and then using the pullys to lift it as high as he could, let go and watch the splash. He was soaked!

Cute jackets boys :)

Working on a plumbing system on his second visit to this room.

In all, we had a great day. It was fun to spend the day with the Sias clan, let the boys run and play, and chat with Suzie in between. I'm also pretty proud of myself for navigating the train and bus systems all by myself in a thunderstorm.