Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Indianapolis Children's Museum

Today we went to the Children's Museum in Indy. We had a blast! Chris and I haven't been since elementary so it was a treat for us too! There was SOOOO much to do (hence the picture overload below)! If I lived in Indy I'd definitely be buying a membership-this place is a blast for kids!

Roooarrr...look out for the T-Rex

Junior paleontologist digging for some bones

Ethan checking out the T-Rex too

They had a whole section devoted to Bob the Builder. Braden was in heaven. He had to get on every vehicle 100 times each!


I kept trying to include Ethan in what we were doing. Ha! Here he is playing w/a "Bob" vehicle. :)

The boys checking out a race car

They had a huge water table-always a treat

"Playscape" had an area devoted to babies...I was being careful not to let Ethan put anything in his mouth because of icky germs and then all of a sudden he spit up everywhere-oops, I guess the other babies have to worry about our germs. Ha!

This was hilarious! Braden was driving this little train car with Ethan in it. It was really cute!

Giant sand table

They had a spinning thingy you laid on and looked up at the pretty blown glass

Chris & Braden on a train

Braden is our entertainment for Ethan when he gets fussy. He can sing, talk, or just look at Ethan and he's magically happy again.

The famous carousel-lovely face, me

In the science area they had a ladder that went up into this cave looking thing and then you could come down one of three slides. Braden could have done this all day.

And....he's out! Ethan was such a good baby all day even though he was SO tired. He finally passed out.

The big slide-this completely reminded me of the slide in The Christmas Story movie. Ho, ho, ho!

We finished off with a snack in the cafeteria before we headed home. I think Chris might have been the most tired...Braden was still asking to go back to Bob the Builder. :)

4 comments:

lisaghowie said...

Isn't it the best museum ever! We keep a family membership there every year and make several trips. I wish more people in our area knew about it. The Louisville Science Center just can't hold a candle to it.

the lewis gang said...

what a fun trip! glad you had such a great family day!!

Dan and Denise said...

We have a membership, and we don't even live in Indy! I LOVE to go there! In fact, we were there today with the McAfee's. Glad you guys had a great day . . . love the pics!

A Whole New McAfee Crew said...

that place is great!! i agree with lisaghowie. we were at the science center over christmas break and i was disappointed. you pay so much and it really doesn't have that much to offer especially compared to the museum! glad you had a great day! :)