Chicago, final day

We had the whole day to knock around.  Luke's plan: play all day.  It was that simple.

We took an architecture tour on the water in the morning.  It was a much slower boat with zero music...and Luke stayed awake;)

We visited the Field Museum next.  The Dinosaur was a T-Rex named "Sue."  It's the largest and most complete skeleton of a T-Rex in the world. It was pretty amazing to see in person.

The museum had thousands of stuffed animals.  It was neat to get close to some of these animals (without the fear of being eaten).

 

Speaking of being eaten, these lions were the lions that were nicknamed "Maneaters" in Tsavo Africa.  The movie "Ghost in the Darkness" was based on these two cats.  There's a fascinating history about these animals on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_maneaters Apparently, they killed over 100 people.  They were enormous in person.  It would be hard to imagine how large they would look with their manes and fur.

Kung-Fu Panda!

Luke was telling me he's "super-fast" like the cheetahs.

We had dinner at a club in the Sears tower and Luke orders Chicken Fingers.  Go figure.

Enjoying the view.

Do you see anything missing from this picture?

I really enjoyed this one on one time with Luke.  I think it was good for his confidence to do things on his own.  At home, he expects mommy to handle everything.  With me, I could tell he was trying hard to be independent and accept more responsibilities like carrying his bags, keeping track of the room key, dressing himself, etc.  His reward for being so good: we watched an old Van Damme movie together and played a guessing game before each fight to pick the winner.  I gently encouraged him to pick Van Damme every time.  Luke loved saying "You were wrong, daddy!  My guy beat up your guy!"