Adler Planetarium

On our way home today, we took a detour and stopped at Adler Planetarium in downtown Chicago. Megan is very interested in constellations and all things space-y. We watched a movie in the big dome, and she kept whispering facts to me the whole time!

Besides the movie, we enjoyed experiencing the moon's gravity:


We got to touch lots of meteorites and moon rocks:


We took naps aboard a space ship:


Megan tried out the space potty:


We played a ton and learned even more. Did you know that the hottest planet is Venus, not Mercury? Megan did! We even got to look at the sun through a special telescope and saw a big sunspot!

After a fun day at the planetarium:


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