Indianapolis Children's Museum

Uncle Brad and Aunt Jodie invited us to go to Indianapolis with them this weekend to take the girls to the Indianapolis Children's Museum.  We met Mike, Kathy, Gabe, Mikella, Pete, Holly, Gabe and Lilah all there.  The kids had a great time playing together and taking in all of the adventures!  

Our first stop was the lego play area...

Hadley had fun racing lego cars down the tracks.

Gabe and Lilah took the race car made out of legos for a pretend spin!

Our next adventure: Mr. Potato Head and the kids enjoyed every minute of it!

The girls playing together...

Hadley and I played some kind of interactive game together.  Too bad I can't remember what it was, but it looks like we were super focused!

Diggin' for dinosaur bones...

A shot of the enthused parents looking onward...

Little Miss goofing around!  

A bit blurry, but I love the picture of Gabe, Lilah and Hadley all holding hands together!  

Everyone checking of the Chihuly glass exhibit above them.

Finally, towards the end of our visit we made it to Playscape.  This is Hadley's favorite area.  She loves to dig in the sand and splash in the water.

Apparently if you are at the museum during closing time, you can participate in the farewell parade.  You can see Hadley sporting her flag below. 

After we left the museum, we all went out to dinner at Bravo and then ended our evening swimming in the pool at the hotel.  Austin said the water was freezing, so he braved it with Hadley so I didn't have too!  

We had a great day playing with everyone and hanging out.  We can't wait to do it again soon!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Brynn!

We helped cousin Brynn celebrate her third birthday with a small family party at Austin's parents house today.  She had a Minnie Mouse themed party and everyone had a great time! 

Grandma Kim always has the best wrapped presents!

The birthday girl smilin' for the camera.

Hadley loves parties right now and even though she knows it's Brynn's birthday, she still got a little confused as to why she didn't get any presents.  Daddy had to hug her and explain.

Taking in a big gulp of air to blow out that "3" birthday candle!

Happy 3rd Birthday Brynn!

Dora the Explorer - Beef n' Boards, Indy

Hadley LOVES Dora the Explorer.  When I heard that Dora was going to be live at Beef & Boards in Indianapolis, I didn't hesitate to buy tickets.  It was such a popular event thought, that by the time I called, I was only able to get 2 tickets, so Hadley and I were going to make a mommy-daughter day out of it.  That was until I went to the ER 2 nights ago with kidney stones, got admitted, had surgery and was released yesterday.  I was determined that she was not going to miss the show though, so I rode down with Austin and Hadley (I had a seizure in the ER and quit breathing so I couldn't stay home alone) so that they could check out Dora and the gang.  She absolutely loved it!   

Hadley was all decked out in her Dora shirt, Dora bracelet and her Dora purse.  Too cute!

She got to hug Diego, Dora's cousin.

She was a little more hesitant of Dora and Boots for some reason.  Austin called me and asked me to come in to the lobby and see if I could help her be more comfortable.  She ended up giving Boots a high five, but wanted nothing to do with Dora.  Austin and I suspect it's because she didn't really look much like Dora, and Hadley could tell she was a fake!  

Hadley's hiding behind her new Boots and Swiper (she already has Dora) dolls.  Grandma Joyce gave her a card with $20 to spend at the show.  She's not spoiled at all....