Wednesday Weekend Windup {President's Day, Valentine's Day and More!}

Long weekend ahead! Here are my picks for family fun in the Chicago suburbs this weekend:

Ongoing:

• January 15-February 21 Enchanted Railroad at Morton Arboretum, 12 model trains traveling through the seasons, LEGO train car made of 2,500 bricks by artist Sean Kenney, free with Arboretum admission, get timed ticket at Visitor's Center, $9 Adults ages 18–64
  $8 Seniors ages 65+  $6 Youth ages 2–17 

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President's Day Weekend in Springfield, Illinois! {Road Trip Idea}

The Lincoln Family at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. Image via Visit Springfield.

President's Day will be here before we know it! Abraham Lincoln called Springfield home for 30 years, so what a wonderful place to visit for the long weekend! Fans of Lincoln will definitely be in heaven exploring Springfield's 14 Lincoln-related sites.

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Five for President's Day {Trivia}

I am total President geek. I love learning pretty much anything about our history. Every year, I look forward to learning some new tidbits on President's Day. Here some interesting facts about our Commanders-in-Chief:

• Benjamin Harrison was the first President to attend a baseball game. He attended a Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators game on June 6, 1892. The Reds beat the Senators, 7-4.
• When John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were in England, they visited William Shakespeare's home and chipped off a piece of Shakespeare's chair to bring back as a souvenir.
• While he was president, John Quincy Adams enjoyed skinny dipping in the Potomac River early in the morning. 
• James Garfield was ambidextrous. He also could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other---both at the same time.
• Jimmy Carter is the first president to go on record about seeing a UFO.

Check our previous post for some more interesting Presidential facts

Sources: National Geographic
               Mashable
               Buzzfeed

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