Chicago 2011 Part 2

Sorry it has taken a while to finish this post. School started this week for me.

On our third day in Chicago, we all headed to the Children's Museum at Navy Pier. The boys really enjoyed it last year, and wanted to return. Gwyn was too little to play with anything, even the stuff for the youngest kids, but she still had a good time watching her brothers and napping in her stroller. (Here is our visit from last year.)

Kevin wanted me to take a picture of him pretending to be afraid of the dinosaur.

Here is him moments later, being brave!

The exhibit last year was cooking food, but this year it was forts! They had couches, cushions, chairs, blankets, sheets, and pillows. They even had doors, coat hangers, and windows that had small knobs to hang the sheets from. We had a window in our fort! I suspect Kevin and I could have been there all day. Here is a Colin's attempt at making a fort.

Here is our finished fort.

Next we headed to the construction zone. The boys didn't build anything in particular, just a tower. Kevin focused on added parts to it so it wouldn't fall over, while Colin did his best to add to it so it would fall over. It was an endless project.

Great picture of Gwyn and DTG.

Here is the water area.

Gwyn enjoyed some time with us while the boys took naps.

After naps, we returned to the diner we found last year. It wasn't anywhere near our hotel, but it gave us an opportunity to ride the train again! Kevin and I planned on taking DTG there since she agreed to go on the trip!

All the kids at the diner.

Here is a picture on the way home from dinner. Colin always wanted to hold Gwyn's hand while we walked.

After dinner, Gwyn and daddy returned to the hotel while DTG and myself took the boys on a few more train rides. We didn't plan on it being incredibly crowded and sweaty. Colin was so sad that he didn't get a window seat that he cried most of the time. It wasn't as great as I hoped, but we tried.

Here is a picture before we changed to the crowded train.

The next morning we got up early and headed to the train station. We planned to arrive in St. Louis around 3:00.

Colin wanted to hold Gwyn and help calm her down.

Watching movies on the train - it keeps them quiet and seated!

We crossed a different bridge this time. Our train station is in downtown St. Louis, about a mile from the Arch.

We made it about over this bridge, and then sat. For two hours. We ended up getting back around 5:00. So we did dinner downtown, and then headed home! It was a strange and long trip home. Luckily we had plenty of snacks, milk, and diapers. (I would say that we played more games of cribbage, but our board somehow broke...) We won't go to Chicago again next year (We are going to try somewhere new.), but I can't wait for when we return!

One last picture. This was the night we got home. I think the boys got used to sleeping in the same bed in the hotel!