A Great Day

Today we had a fun day planned...and it was only slightly dampened by stupid rain! Dad and Ana came by this morning and we all took the train downtown. We were on our way to Shedd Aquarium. They have a new exhibit they've been working on that just opened recently and today was a free day! When we got off the train it was POURING rain! I mean really pouring. So we started walking with our umbrellas...halfway there we were already totally soaked.

The puddles in the walkway up to the aquarium were unbelievable! Up to our ankles! As we got closer we realized that trying to go on a free day was a mistake...there was a huge line! So...we changed our plans and we went to the Field Museum instead.

The Field Museum was great though! I think Eric was a little bummed at first about not going to the Aquarium, but the enjoyed the museum too in the end. There was a sweet Biology exhibit that I loved! I got to talk about DNA and the different part of the cell. I'm sure everyone was bored, but I loved it!

There was an Underground exhibit about bugs too. We all enjoyed that. The exhibit simulated that you shrunk down so you were bug size. Then all the bugs were the same size as you...pretty neat! There was a big ant that totally reminded all of us of Auntie from Honey I Shrunk the Kids! Hilarious! Shawn enjoyed being the same size as a penny :)

There was also a Pirate exhibit. You couldn't take any pictures inside of that one, but they had pirates on a bunch of the benches in the main lobby area so we got a picture of Eric with a pirate. He looks really excited to be there :) We got shots of all of us with pirates too. The pirate exhibit was basically the life of a pirate ship called the Whydah. The name made me laugh a lot...I mean Whydah hell did the ship sink. Haha! I'm so funny! Shawn got an eyepatch in the giftshop too...oh Shawn!



After we got home we had a couple of hours to relax then it was off to dance class! We have three lessons left before the wedding and we're getting pretty good I think :) Eric had to watch the lesson, but he took some pictures for us. I told him he's going to have to learn next so he can dance with Mom at the wedding. I don't think he's on board though. We are really having fun at the classes and the instructor says we're pretty good. You'll be so impressed at the wedding!


On the way home we saw a rainbow! What a nice ending to a great day!

Theresa is also flying back from L.A. and we're picking her up at the airport. She was supposed to get in tonight at 11:30pm, but her flight was delayed 6 hours! So now we have to pick her up at 6am! GEEZ! It is good for her though because she got to spend 6 extra hours with Albert...we are excited to see her though. Her birthday was while she was gone and Eric's birthday is next week but he'll be out of town with his dad, so we're going to get them a cake and have a little birthday bash for them! Fun stuff!