Chicago: Navy Pier and the Chicago Children's Museum

You would be cranky too if your fireman pants were that tight
Awesome Eli climbing up the two story pirate ship rigging
My worried fireman!
Nate with the house and nearly naked! He is definitely going to be in the annual firemen's calendar
Two tough guys
Two jokers
Yes! A dino dig!
Because that sweet face just melts my heart!
Eli, Patches and his Pirate Friend warming up for Pirate Exercises
Reach for the sky
...and touch your toes!
Navy Pier on a gorgeous day!

Chicago! We love you! We headed out to Chicago on Sunday morning with the Lincoln Park Zoo on our minds. We had a tiny change of plans when a huge storm hit (not in the weather forecast) right as we pulled into Chi-town. So we headed over to the Chicago Children's museum which is located on Navy Pier (an indoor fun area).

The children's museum was completely fun! The fire truck exhibit was the biggest hit, followed by the dino dig (shocker), the water table (of course) and the pirate rigging climb! The boys really couldn't get enough of the fire area and we had to force them to explore the rest of the museum which they did love.

After we were done with the museum we went to the Family Pavilion in Navy Pier and watched Patches the Pirate dog and his side kick do their show. The theme on Sunday was "exercise" and it was so adorable! They asked for volunteers and Eli's little hand just shot up! He wasn't picked for the first volunteer but his was picked second! He was so brave up on stage and did a terrific job! Nate had absolutely no intention of going up on stage with a life-sized stuff dog. Uh-uh, no way.

We finished the day with a walk on the outside of the pier where we got to see the giant ships, including a pirate ship named "Windy" that we will be sailing on in September! What a wonderful day!