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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Lorenzo Marturano, 2, of Spring Grove and his father, Vince, check out the PVC pipe in the Construct exhibit during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jade Love, 3, of Round Lake and her brothers, Elias, 4, and Stephen, 6, learn how gravity works by playing with giant screws and washers during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa.The siblings were at the festival with their mother, Mandy. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Joyce and Mike Kendall, of Lake Villa and their son, Jack, 4, have fun playing with toy trucks at the rock table during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Connor Kaminski, 5, of Grayslake goes through a tube in an obstacle course during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Olivia Avila, 4, of Lake Villa and her brother, Anthony, 5, make slime using glue, water and liquid starch, during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Samantha Kurtz, of Salem, Wis., and her daughter, Payton, 4, paint a dalmation dog on reclaimed wood during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Bennett Koch, 4, of Lake Villa learns how gravity works by playing with giant screws and washers during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa.Bennett was at the festival with his mother, Dana. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Payton Kurtz, 4, of Salem, Wis., and her brother, Jacob, 1, have fun getting their picture taken in a fall cutout board during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Rafael White, 3, of Gurnee plays with toy trucks at the rock table during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Ron Thompson, of Lake Zurich drives his 1946 Farmall B tractor through the shallow end of Cedar Lake as he gives a hayride to a group of visitors during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. (9/29/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Kaylee Cavanaugh, of Lindenhurst and Alexis Kendall, of Lake Villa, both 13, give some attention to a puppy named, Charlotte, up for adoption from Wagging Hearts rescue during the Busy Brains Children’s Museum Fall Family Festival at Lehmann Park in Lake Villa. Wagging Hearts is a foster based non-profit animal rescue organization based out of Hainesville. (9/29/18)