As part of an extended birthday celebration for Mona over Thanksgiving weekend we took a couple of trips down to Chicago. The first was with relatives to the
Field Museum, and the second was after the guests left and just our little family went to the Museum of Science and Industry. That was where we sought out the last set of Mold-A-Rama machines we know of in
Chicago. Mona declared it the best birthday destination ever.
The Museum of Science and Industry is a spectacular place. It was all decked out for Christmas with sparkling trees and lights everywhere, so it was particularly festive. There was so much to touch and marvel at, and now that we know we can get in free with our reciprocal membership to our own science museum we will go back! (Although, to get into the submarine or the mine exhibit we'll have to buy tickets next time.)
Plasma balls, baby chicks hatching, an enormous train set, and a little kids' area called The Idea Factory with water guns and plastic balls that none of my children felt too old for. I even got some Christmas shopping done in the gift shop, so life was good all around.
