We went to the Shedd Aquarium & Field Museum downtown in the same day. The aquarium had a pretty impressive dolphin tank, but overall not worth the $70 to get in!
I was sad Tommy fell asleep for the dolphin show. Also, right after this picture Whitney blew out all over her back & totally ruined this outfit so Vic missed the last part where the dolphins danced & then had to go buy her a $20 tie dye onsie that she'll never where again! At least we were in happy go lucky vacation mode so it wasn't as frustrating as it probably would have been otherwise :)
They also had some REALLY CUTE penguins at the aquarium, check them out!
Here's my little penguin playing inside the penguin cave. They had a lot of really cool exhibits for the kids to play on... just WAY too many kids! I read online that it is much less packed on the weekdays, but we went on a Saturday.
Tommy was pretty timid by this penguin like he thought it was real... it was pretty cute :)
I always love the bright colored backgrounds for the smaller bright fish & jelly fish. It looks face it is so pretty!
Lately Tommy has been sticking his fingers in his mouth when he is nervous & he wasn't too happy to be seeing these giant whale sharks.
The aquarium also had a 4D Dora the explorer movie we went to. I went to one is Disneyworld that was pretty cool, but this one was even fancier. The chairs vibrated & leaned back & had fans & water for the person behind you to get sprayed & air blown on so everyone in the theatre got the full experience. Plus they had bubbles & snow fall from the ceiling. Tommy LOVED it & wasn't ready to leave when the movie was over!
By the time we got done with the aquarium & lunch we only had 3 hours in the Field Museum & saw maybe an 1/8 of the exhibits! This is by far the biggest museum that I've been to; it was really nice.
I usually think most museums are kind of boring, but this one really brought history to life & was really interesting.
I was a bit dissappointed not to see a wooly mammoth, but this guy was pretty cool.
Read on to PART 4! (I know the pictures are never ending... I took 500 total!)
I was sad Tommy fell asleep for the dolphin show. Also, right after this picture Whitney blew out all over her back & totally ruined this outfit so Vic missed the last part where the dolphins danced & then had to go buy her a $20 tie dye onsie that she'll never where again! At least we were in happy go lucky vacation mode so it wasn't as frustrating as it probably would have been otherwise :)
They also had some REALLY CUTE penguins at the aquarium, check them out!
Here's my little penguin playing inside the penguin cave. They had a lot of really cool exhibits for the kids to play on... just WAY too many kids! I read online that it is much less packed on the weekdays, but we went on a Saturday.
Tommy was pretty timid by this penguin like he thought it was real... it was pretty cute :)
I always love the bright colored backgrounds for the smaller bright fish & jelly fish. It looks face it is so pretty!
Lately Tommy has been sticking his fingers in his mouth when he is nervous & he wasn't too happy to be seeing these giant whale sharks.
The aquarium also had a 4D Dora the explorer movie we went to. I went to one is Disneyworld that was pretty cool, but this one was even fancier. The chairs vibrated & leaned back & had fans & water for the person behind you to get sprayed & air blown on so everyone in the theatre got the full experience. Plus they had bubbles & snow fall from the ceiling. Tommy LOVED it & wasn't ready to leave when the movie was over!
By the time we got done with the aquarium & lunch we only had 3 hours in the Field Museum & saw maybe an 1/8 of the exhibits! This is by far the biggest museum that I've been to; it was really nice.
I usually think most museums are kind of boring, but this one really brought history to life & was really interesting.
I was a bit dissappointed not to see a wooly mammoth, but this guy was pretty cool.
Read on to PART 4! (I know the pictures are never ending... I took 500 total!)
This looks like so much fun! How will you ever come home...
ReplyDeleteBoy, times have changed. When I was little the aquarium was my favorite part of Chicago (other than a baseball game). I don't think it was that expensive then. It sounds like you guys had a blast though.
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