Wow! I can't believe it's been 2 months! I have absolutely NO viewers and am all to blame. I need to keep up better with this.
We have done buku things over the past few months. The kids have truly enjoyed their time off, and I've really enjoyed them being home!
Where to begin... trying to remember back that far!
Well, other than being completely obsessed with my yard- which is still nothing to brag about (until the heat sets in- I hate humidity!) we had a lovely getaway to Indianapolis.
The kids had a lot of fun and we had my cousin, Anthony tag along. He's truly become a joy to have around. I miss him while he's gone. (More about him later) Anyways, we got this package where we were able to visit the Indy Children's Museum and the Indy Zoo.
We went to the museum first. It was great, I highly recommend going there! It was very interactive for everyone!
Here's a little preview of our getaway...
It all begins with packing:
The morning of our trip, getting ready to go. Kids are like, "Aaa." Anthony's like a motor, "LetsgoLetsgoLetsgoLetsgo!" Hahaha. Bless his heart, he doesn't get to do this kinda stuff often.
Just one serious picture, please...
Thank you. But, where's my makeup? Makeup? I need makeup!
All my babies!
Then, there's the 2 hour ride:
Re was already passed out! She can't hang!
Neither could Talon.
Then, there was Andre...
Who was driving!
(LOL! This is for the National Lampoons fans!)And of course, the best part of hotel stay... jumpin' on the beds!
The museum truly was amazing!
There was this rather large (4 stories!) glass sculpture that was awesome.
The bottom of the sculpture was on a glass floor so that you could view it from the lower level.
This was kinda cool. This was a 2 story dino that they designed so that it's head is coming thru the upper the window.
This is the backside of the dino with the family.
This is definitely the right museum for the dino lover, like Talon! He's trying to make it look like he's being eaten by the dino. LOL!
Of course, this was one of Talon's favorite parts; the museum superhero. Course, it may have something to do with the fact that he had dinosaur teeth in his pocket! 
Re's practicing to be a mama tut! They had a HUGE King Tut exhibit.
This was a pretty neat dino exhibit. This is where a lot of the mythological dragons were based, esp in the Harry Potter movies- from what the scientists here were saying.
Of course, this was one of Talon's favorite parts; the museum superhero. Course, it may have something to do with the fact that he had dinosaur teeth in his pocket! Re's practicing to be a mama tut! They had a HUGE King Tut exhibit.This was a pretty neat dino exhibit. This is where a lot of the mythological dragons were based, esp in the Harry Potter movies- from what the scientists here were saying.
This was really neat, too. The "scientist" was chiseling away at the rock debris of this T-Rex thigh bone and the window was open so that you could touch it. Just felt like super hard wood, not quite like a rock, tho- which is what I thought it'd feel like.
This was a neat little lab for the kids to explore mock fossils by measuring, comparing, feeling, etc. They really enjoyed it. They had this excavating area. The sand looks like sand, but it really was a bit tacky. Not quite sticky, but kinda hard to separate. They were trying show how hard it is to excavate these bones with just brushes in order not to damage the bones.
This was a neat little lab for the kids to explore mock fossils by measuring, comparing, feeling, etc. They really enjoyed it. They had this excavating area. The sand looks like sand, but it really was a bit tacky. Not quite sticky, but kinda hard to separate. They were trying show how hard it is to excavate these bones with just brushes in order not to damage the bones.
King Tut's guard. Oh yeah. That's a beast.
This was really cool, too. They designed this portion of the building to appear as though the dino's crashing out.
Gettin' my hair did!
Coolest game of Connect 4 ever!
Awwww...
They also had this really cool magic show. The kids loved it! Well... Re enjoyed it, Talon spent the whole time trying to figure out "how they did that".
Oh, and we can add this to the long list of places my husband has decided to take a quick nap. (Like when we went to see Bill Cosby's standup, or during my Lamaze (sp?) class - which I could understand if we just didn't happen to be the ONLY 2 PEOPLE THERE that day, or at our homebuying class - which I could understand if we just didn't happen to be the ONLY 2 PEOPLE THERE that day!)
Trying our hand at drawing a dragon. Aw, Andre's concentrating sooo hard!
Another cool exhibit the kids enjoyed. It was a blue screen and on the TV was marine life. Talon decided to put on one of the costumes. They liked being on TV.
Though, Talon did seem a little more excited by his shadow.
Do you recognize this guy? He was the Museum Super Hero! This museum hires MANY local actors and he did great! He was very animated and the children learned so much by watching the (be it magoo sometimes) actors and their stories. He did great. Here he's crying b/c the train just couldn't get up the hill! Waaahhh!
This was the solution. An engine that pushed not pulled.
This was a CLOCK! I thought it was cool. It's ran off of liquid. The blue liquid shows the time. The left numbers are the hour, and the ones on the right are the minutes. Wouldn't it be neat if most of our electric items could be run like this? HHhhhmmm... This clock was 11:57a. It was only about 4 minutes off!
They had this "culture" thing going on, so we got to see African drummers and Asian dancers.
This was really cool, too. They designed this portion of the building to appear as though the dino's crashing out.
Gettin' my hair did!
Coolest game of Connect 4 ever!
Awwww...
They also had this really cool magic show. The kids loved it! Well... Re enjoyed it, Talon spent the whole time trying to figure out "how they did that".Oh, and we can add this to the long list of places my husband has decided to take a quick nap. (Like when we went to see Bill Cosby's standup, or during my Lamaze (sp?) class - which I could understand if we just didn't happen to be the ONLY 2 PEOPLE THERE that day, or at our homebuying class - which I could understand if we just didn't happen to be the ONLY 2 PEOPLE THERE that day!)
Trying our hand at drawing a dragon. Aw, Andre's concentrating sooo hard!
Another cool exhibit the kids enjoyed. It was a blue screen and on the TV was marine life. Talon decided to put on one of the costumes. They liked being on TV.Though, Talon did seem a little more excited by his shadow.
Do you recognize this guy? He was the Museum Super Hero! This museum hires MANY local actors and he did great! He was very animated and the children learned so much by watching the (be it magoo sometimes) actors and their stories. He did great. Here he's crying b/c the train just couldn't get up the hill! Waaahhh!This was the solution. An engine that pushed not pulled.
This was a CLOCK! I thought it was cool. It's ran off of liquid. The blue liquid shows the time. The left numbers are the hour, and the ones on the right are the minutes. Wouldn't it be neat if most of our electric items could be run like this? HHhhhmmm... This clock was 11:57a. It was only about 4 minutes off!
They had this "culture" thing going on, so we got to see African drummers and Asian dancers.
The kids were trying to copy the poses. Get out of the picture, Andre! 
This post is too long! I'm gonna have to make another one for the ZOO! LOL!
Looks like you guys had Tons of Fun!!! Wish we could have come! looool
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