Downtown Chicago

We didn't have a car this year in Chicago, so we spent pretty much everyday at the Lake.
On Tuesday, July 7, my dad was going downtown, so we got to tag along with him.
It was Kasen's first trip to the city, so we stopped by all of our favorite tourist spots :)
This is a garden art exhibit that we came across. It was so fun to see how it was arranged.
Next year, I want my garden to look like this.
Even the flowers in this garden were edible.

We had to take Kasen by Buckingham Fountain.
It claims to be the largest fountain in the world and has huge seahorses representing each of the great lakes.
It is also on the introduction to every "Married with Children" episode.

Here's Kasen walking along the edge of Lake Michigan.

We decided this year to go to the Field Museum of Natural Science.
Here we are standing in front of Sue, the famous T-Rex.
She is famous for being the most complete dinosaur skeleton.

This is Saxon in front of the Man-eaters of Tsavo.
Have you ever seen "The Ghost in the Darkness?"
These are the lions...

Saxon loves museums, and this one had everything he could ask for.
In the animal wing, he ran from exhibit to exhibit yelling for everyone to "Look at this!"
He could hardly control himself he was so excited.
They also had an evolution exhibit that showed all of the major extinctions.
Saxon loved the dinosaur part of it.
Here he is standing in front of the "Lucy" exhibit.
She is the oldest human skeleton ever discovered.

We also went through the pirate exhibit, but they didn't allow pictures because it was a special temporary exhibit.
After the museum, we went to eat at GINO'S EAST.

My dad ordered us a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.
Saxon was so excited about being able to write on the walls that he hardly ate anything.

After pizza, Deanna and I went to Lincoln Park to find Oprah's favorite cupcake bakery called
Sweet Mandy B's.
It was REALLY good.
Here are the boy's with their famous cupcakes :)