While we were in Chicago we went to the Shedd Aquarium. This is a man and fish statue outside the front entrance.Nick carried Laedyn the whole day because we forgot to make sure the umbrella stroller was in the car. Shedd Aquarium does not rent strollers!
I think the penguins were Laedyn's favorite.

Or maybe it was the baluga whales! They had cool underwater viewing areas for the balugas and the dolphins. I would have been happy sitting and watching there for hours...
You could also view the balugas and dolphins from above. We passed by fairly quickly as they were getting ready for a demonstration.
This was the other vantage point from which to see the dolphins. Thousands of people could sit on these stairs and all have a great view. Out the big windows is Lake Michigan.
Every few minutes we'd get to see the dolphins come up for air. Personally, I like the underwater viewing better.
The aquarium had a special exhibit of lizards going on while we were there.

Check out the spiny tail on this guy!
The Komodo Dragon was the star of the show. He was huge and didn't move much while we were watching. If he wanted to though, he could run about 10 miles per hour. I don't think you'd want him chasing you if it came right down to it!
There was a great shark tank. I really liked watching there too.
It took awhile, but we finally found the tank of clownfish.