bou-tang clan: Popp's take on Chicago

We were so lucky to have Aunt Zan and Conner find time to come visit this fall. Last weekend was so much fun. They arrived Friday afternoon (via train) and left Monday evening ... boy, did we pack in the fun! Here was our itinerary:
Friday - took a stroll to our neighborhood parks for some much needed fresh air. Conner and Zan were on the train for 9+ hours.
Saturday - per Conner's request we were off early to the Field Museum to visit all the dinosaurs! We had a blast. Saw Sue and the other dinos. Played in the kids area so Will could stretch his legs a bit. Will loved the drums and music room while Jackson and Conner enjoyed the animal costumes and pretend corn field. Since Aunt Zan got all of us into the museum for free with her nifty museum membership card, she treated us to a special exhibit - Underground Bugs. After the museum, we got outside and went to Millennium park for lunch and a quick visit to the Cloud Gate.
Sunday - we went to one of our favorite Hyde Park playground, Bixler. We made pumpkin rice krispies. And visited another favorite park in our neighborhood.
Monday - per Jackson's request we visited the Museum of Science and Industry, our favorite. Jackson got to show Conner the tractor and combine, and also the airplanes, trains, sub, lunar module, etc. After MSI, we met up with Daddy and Will for lunch at Medici's, a Hyde Park classic restaurant.

And then just like that there were off, on their plane back to Kansas. We miss them! And can't wait for the next visit!

Sue

Famous taxidermist, Carl Akeley, and his elephants.

Conner, what's this dinosaur called?

Remember our first visit to the Field (here and scroll down)

Underground Bug exhibit - here they are snapping. Favorite part of the exhibit was the shrinking room. We had to become small in order to go underground.

They wanted to see how low they could crawl.

It was pretty windy, Will was happy in his stroller.

Can you find us?

Kelpies, just outside the museum campus.

Only picture from Bixler. Will's a keeper!

At our neighborhood park, rocket park as we call it (for Andy its a park on Greenwood between 54th and 55th called Florence Stout Playlot, large green space with a softball diamond and a medium/small hill for sledding).