Our Christmas gift to the kids this year was a membership to our local science museum because it gives us free admission to other museums all over the country. Jim and the boys took a trip to Chicago in March, then we took the entire family a couple of weeks ago.
I forgot to bring my camera on the trip, so I borrowed all of these pictures.
We drove down on a Thursday night and checked into our nice hotel suite (which was just as cheap as a motel...win!).
The kids were super impressed by this atrium area just outside of our room.
On Friday morning, we braved the Chicago traffic to go to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
The mirror maze was one of our favorite things.
The science storms was another favorite. Some of our kids were invited to stand in the tornado for a demonstration; it was definitely a highlight!
We also made time to attend the
temple while we were there. (Our hotel was right around the corner from the temple. Yeah!)
Late Friday night, Jim took most of the kids swimming in the hotel pool. We might have skipped it, but Laurel had been obsessed with the idea of swimming ever since she saw me packing for the trip. Throughout the drive and during the day she kept asking if we were going swimming, and we always told her yes. The anticipation kept her from tears many times, so there was no way we weren't taking her to the pool. Ha ha!
On Saturday we checked out of our hotel and headed to the Field Museum. We had our fun, and by the end everyone was wiped out!
