Hot Time in the City

Yowza, was it hot in Chicago yesterday. The heat index was something like 114^o at the lakeshore. Accordingly, Liam and I stayed inside at the Museum of Science and Industry. There is a lot to see there, but hands down, the farm equipment and the planes are Liam's favorite things. The Farm features real John Deere equipment including a tractor and a combine, while the Take Flight section has a retired United 727 hung from the ceiling for visitors to explore.


"Mommy! I found the keys! Now I can turn on the loud combine harvester!!!"



"Real tractors are loud and also very really big! I dropped my keys here on the ground. I'm going to find them and then drive the tractor, that's the plan. It's no problem, really. Yup, that's the plan!



"We're in the jumbo jet! Oh no! I forgot to tell the pilot to turn on the engines! I'm going to phone him and tell him to turn them on. That's the plan, actually."



"Hi, Mr. Pilot? I climbed the combine harvester and the tractor and now I need you to turn on the engines! Thanks! Bye-bye!"



"The jet and tractor museum is really very cool and also they have really very big chocolate muffins."




"I'm tired!"

The museum was such a big hit that we ended up there again today. We started out at Lincoln Park Zoo. We visited the seals and the lions, which amused Liam for brief periods. Longer periods were taken up with him repeating, "I want to go back to the jet and chocolate muffin museum. Now!" It quickly became clear that our zoo visit was doomed; we grabbed a cab and went back to the Museum of Science and Industry, where we visited the jet and the farm equipment again. Tomorrow we are going to visit the Shedd Aquarium. That's the plan, actually.

Anyone want to take bets on whether we actually stay there?