Brown and Pink Polka Dots : In the Windy City

Last Saturday (4/26) my mom and I took Jillian down to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see a Disney exhibit. Mom and I have been trying to get there since October but it has never worked out until now... right before the exhibit we wanted to see was going to leave. It was kinda a now or never.
We drove down. My mom taught me when I was little that if you are on the interstate and it stops moving then you should figure out a different way. We always called these trips adventures. Well my phone was showing red on the interstate once we got past a certain exit, so we decided to get off and take the city streets. I had not been in the city for several years. We headed east to get on Lakeshore Drive. We took a wrong turn at one point and interestingly enough ended up in front of the children's hospital. I had always wondered exactly where that was and now I know. See our travel destinations are partially decided upon by how close we are to a children's hospital. Regular hospitals are not equip with needs for a kid like Jilli. We took her to a local hospital a month ago and they willing admitted that they were not set up to handle a kid like her. So we travel were we can best get help for her if the need were to arise. So its good to know where help is when we are in Chicago.
We ended up at the museum in the early afternoon and headed in to play. Because I am a teacher I got free basic entry into the museum! We were assigned a time for the Disney exhibit so we went and looked at the baby chicks and the trains before it was our turn. I loved the Disney exhibit. Jilli kept going oooohhhh when she would see Mickey. Disney world is one of my happy places and since I have no idea when we might end up back there, this was a good compromise. The exhibit showed the history of Walt Disney and you were able to see a lot of interesting facts about the parks.
After we left the exhibit they had a little shop. The shop had Disney pins and since the exhibit was leaving they were on clearance! I was so excited.
We then headed over to the weather area. Jillian liked to watch the indoor tornado. We then headed to the streets of yesteryear and got some ice cream for lunch. Next we headed to the body exhibit and we showed Jillian what a digestive system looked like. There was also this thing were you would look at x-rays and ultra sounds and such of different body parts. Some other people were playing with it and were watching a scope from the nose to the vocal cords. Jillian had this scope done last February.She was awake for the scope as it was done in the ENT's office. I got to hold her while they did it. The people watching this video were grossed out.
After the body area we went to the little kid play area where Jillian loved to play with the balls. A little girl really like Jilli and kept helping her get the balls and put them in the correct place. It was really cute
After that the museum closed for the day so we headed to the gift shop and then left. We went to Old Orchard Mall. My cousin Sara works there and it was the first time we were able to see her store. I had not been down to the mall in years. I was super excited when we went into Janie and Jack because they had a giraffe shorts they had last season on clearance for a reasonable price. She is going to look adorable in them! We went over to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner. Mom and I split a pizza and still had to take some home. It was then time to go home.
We got back to the house and the boys headed out to met Brent's dad at Ron's Place. Mom, Jilli and I headed to bed. It was a fun day!