indy 500

it's not quite 500 miles to indianapolis from here (though driving with 4 kids it can seem like it is!) but we packed into the car for a road-trip weekend to visit my aunt and uncle. it had been a few years since we'd spent some time there, and the kids had a four-day weekend (conferences), so it seemed like a good time to skip town...and man oh man, did we have fun!

our first adventure was the children's museum...holy smokes, you could spend DAYS in there...lots of great things to do and see...


the dinosphere...full of dino bone replicas...and the sphere has 'storms', which molly will be quick to tell you about...and an excavating area...really cool.

and the lego exhibit - we spent a great deal of time in here, too...great lego castles and games to play...and, of course, building with legos!

how did she know to sit there?

the comic book display was also really impressive...lilly is flying through the sky.

other rooms with water tables and learning to juggle and race cars and stilts and miniature rooms and a really cool water clock...and well...it was cool.

if you find yourself in indy, you should get yourself to the museum. even without kids.

our remaining adventures were confined to my aunt and uncle's property....lots of movies (i bought twilight the day it came out) and kicking the soccer ball or throwing the frisbee...


'tractor rides' - i think porter might ask santa for a tractor for christmas...of course, most of the fun came when uncle doug decided he would switch from forward to reverse without porter knowing!

or making 'erasers' - they're not really going to fulfill their erasing duties very well, but they sure are cute!

and well....we were all pretty tired by the end of it all!