As the final celebration of the big fifth birthday- we headed to Chicago for the weekend! Tommy had been to Shedd Aquarium this past summer with my parents and really wanted to show Nathan and me all of the exhibits. Tommy loved looking at all of the fish and seeing the shows!
I love this picture because it shows both of my "boys" so well- Nathan and Tommy were very good tour guides the entire trip!
The trooper- he just sort of tagged along for the ride all day!
Henry and Mommy at the 3-D show
After Shedd, we drove to our hotel for the night. Henry fell sound asleep on the ride over and didn't wake up through any of the check in commotion or noise. We laid him on the bed and he didn't wake up for almost an hour!
For dinner, the birthday boy chose Rainforest Cafe. Henry loved the gorillas that we sat by and Tommy loved having one more birthday dinner. We took a cab from the hotel to dinner and back and Tommy declared that cab ride to be the "mostest fun" part of the entire weekend. Guess we could have just ridden around in a taxi all day :)
Eating his birthday sundae!
Sunday morning we woke up and headed to the Field Museum after breakfast. Tommy was thrilled to see the main thing he had come for- Sue the T Rex!
The boys at the horse exhibit
Looking at Sue from the balcony
Tommy loved the dinosaur skeletons and spent alot of time explaining everything to his parents. Nathan and I had to take turns listening to him and watching Henry- Tommy would get upset with us if he didn't feel we were paying close enough attention to his lecture.
Tommy's current favorite dinosaur- the Parasaurolophus.
It was a wonderful weekend and both boys had a great time. Tommy loved every minute of it and Henry was a trooper considering he had to skip his naps and his whole routine was upset. We loved seeing the sights and wonders through the eyes of a 5 year old!
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