Day 3, whew!

So the Field Museum was awesome. Seriously rivals the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
We spent most of the day there.










Of course we saw the famous Sue, the biggest, most complete T. rex ever found.


This is Sue's wishbone.






Some other highlights included the Underground Adventure, where they shrink you down to less than an inch tall and you crawl through tunnels under the soil and see the creatures that live there (and they look really big when you're one inch tall!),












dioramas of every animal imaginable,









the Hall of Dinosaurs,









and the Pawnee lodge.









In the afternoon, we headed to the American Girl Cafe to have tea. It was Kaya's turn to travel with us so she got to attend the cafe.











It's really cute, they have little chairs for the dolls and they bring out a little cup and saucer for her tea.




















Even Nicholas had a good time.

We tried to eat at the cafe at the store in Atlanta earlier this year, but because we had no reservations, we were given the runaround for about 30 minutes, and then told it would be a 1-1 1/2 hour wait. At the time, the cafe was COMPLETELY empty. Needless to say, we ate elsewhere. This time, we took no chances. We made reservations 2 weeks ago. As we were walking in the the cafe in Chicago today, we overheard a woman asking the hostess, "We don't have reservations, do you have room for 2 more?" Naturally, the answer was "Of course!"

Kaya also had to have her hair done. The girl who did it, Tiana, was really nice and gave us tips for keeping her hair looking great.











After the American Girl Store, we went to the Lego store where Nicholas found some new friends.











No dinner tonight as the tea was at 4 pm. Tomorrow the Adler Planetarium (of 3 million dollar projector fame) and then, we'll see what kind of weather we have in the afternoon.