"Let's go to the Field Museum. . . ."

And with these words the worst day of my life began!

My mom came into town yesterday for a visit. We planned to head downtown Chicago to the Shedd Aquarium with the kiddos today. We got off to a later start because we had to get Dani checked out by the doctor after her ear infection and RSV. We didn't get on the road until about 11:00, since Dani decided to take her sweet time drinking her bottle. As we were making our way downtown, the exit we needed was closed. After finding an alternative route we found parking. You can't really park anywhere remotely near the Aquarium so we had a heck of a walk ahead of us in the cold. When we finally got there, there was a line about a mile long outside the Aquarium. Turns out CPS is off on Spring Break this week too and the place was packed. Since we had a stroller, we were able to go into a smaller line but after 15 minutes of waiting out in the cold, we had moved just feet. We decided to try out the Field Museum instead, as there was no line and we figured that we would have fun anywhere.

We got in right away but the teacher discount wasn't nearly as good as at the Shedd (free!). We paid $46 in entrance fees for the all access pass. Turns out it didn't access much. It was around lunch time and we wanted to make the 3D dinosaur movie at 2:10 so we decided to eat lunch. It was a huge hassle (tight quarters and less than motivated employees) and we paid another $26 for it. At lunch, we learned that the 3D movie was lame so we decided to scrap it. Just then, Dani decided to blow out her diaper and Jack had a full one too. We headed for the bathroom where it took FOREVER to change both kids in the tight area. By 2:30, all we had done was eat and check out the bathroom.

It wouldn't get much better. Dani blew out two more diapers and I had to change her outfit. We checked out a couple of the exhibits but they were really pretty lame. Finally we decided to leave only to get stuck in TONS of traffic. We had to stop on the way home to feed both babies since we were stuck in traffic for 2 hours and they were starving!

When we were leaving the Field Museum, Jack said, "Go to Target!" We should have done that instead. We'd have saved a lot of money and a lot of frustration! I figure we aren't going to visit any more museums until the kids are teenagers.