Lake County Museum, Wauconda, Illinois

One of my MOM friends, Liz, along with her husband and kids, met us at the Lake County Museum in Wauconda. Her twin boys, Camden and Dean, were due the same month as mine.  Even though we've been interacting online since we were pregnant (over 4 years ago), it's the first time I've met her family and only the second time I've seen her in person. She came out to Vegas a couple years ago for our wild and crazy MOM getaway. It was really nice meeting her husband, twins and new baby, Milo.

This is a small museum with a gallery of Presidential photos that were very intriguing regardless of your political affiliations. It also holds a display explaining the history of the postcard as well as an archive holding, I believe, millions of postcards. The most interesting part for me was learning about Curt Teich, a German immigrant who came to America and started his own post card business. He took a train from Chicago and headed west, stopping to photograph each of the different towns along the way and sell his prints as postcards to the local shops. He sold packs of 1000 cards for $1. He sold $30,000 worth in just 90 days! The shops then sold those cards for 1 penny each and the cost to mail them in 1905? Just one more penny!

They found the playroom:

The museum is surrounded by lakes and nature trails which makes it extra fun when you explore outside after seeing the indoor exhibits.

The boys ended up throwing stones in the lake, of course. 

 Afterwards we enjoyed lunch at Lindy's Landing at a table ON the beach! So fun and perfect for the kids to play instead of having to sit thru the whole lunch.

Then it was time to say goodbye to their new friends, with hugs.