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Kason turned two this weekend!  I knew that since his birthday was on a Saturday this year, I wanted to do something special with him.  Kason LOVES "choo-choos", airplanes, and basketball.  Those are his favorite things by far, so I knew I wanted to do something that had to do with 1 or all of those things.  We did some research, and finally decided to make a day trip to Chicago to the Museum of Science and Industry.  I hadn't been there since I was a kid, and they had a huge train exhibit that I knew Kason would love.  Day trips with 2 year olds can be challenging to say the least, but I'm all about getting out and seeing and doing, so we sucked it up and made it a fun day!

We left around 9 (an hour later then planner..that's life though) and headed to Chicago.  It took us about 3 hours to get there.  Kason was a trooper in the car.  Although, he was very high maintenance and wanted to watch Mickey over and over again, he never cried once.  He also never slept, which kind of stunk because he was tired when we got to the museum.  He was just so excited...he kept saying "choo-choos, waer (Lake Michigan), cited (excited)!"  I think he didn't want to miss anything, so he forced himself to stay awake. :)

We stayed at the museum for a couple of hours.  We saw choo-choos, airplains, tractors, and lots of other really cool stuff.  Kason was SO good, considering he hadn't had a nap, or lunch.  We realized that about 2 hours was his limit, but that's ok.  Next time we'll spend the night and get to the museum much earlier so we can see more.  I could just see the wheels in Kason's head spinning as he looked at each exhibit.  That made the long drive, and all the back pain from walking so worth it!

{This wasn't even HALF of the train exhibit!!!}

The museum is right on Lake Michigan, so the day before we told Kason he would get to see lots of water.  He loves water, and is just infatuated by it.  Turn out it was 30 degrees, so we literally walked out to the lake, took a picture, and went back inside.  So. Cold.

After the museum, we headed to one of Duane's favorite deeps dish pizza places, Giordaon's.  By this point it was 3:30, and we were all starving.  Kason waited pretty patiently for the pizza to cook, and had some spaghetti while he waited. :)

I snapped a couple of pictures of Kason running down the street before we left.  That's how you get a picture of a 2 year old, you chase them! :)

Sweet boy FINALLY passed out on the way home, and slept the entire 3 hours!  It was a busy, jam packed day, but SO worth it.  I love making these memories with Kason and Duane.  I can't wait to make many more with a new addition in a few months. :)