Saturday, December 8, 2012

When Daddy's Away, the Kiddies will Play!

Cameron spent a week at the telescope in Arizona, so Ben and I decided to have a fun-filled week. We ate lots of macaroni and cheese, played with friends, went to parks, played at the library, painted pictures, played with legos, made cookies together, had a lot of picnics. and finally went to the HUGE Children's museum in Indianapolis. It made the time go by a lot faster and having a plan forced us to get out and do things so we didn't drive each other crazy at home.

Painting fun
Ben's painting of  "Man in a truck"



Visit to the Children's Museum

Giant Snowglobe

 

 They had a giant Hot Wheels exhibit that Ben LOVED! He probably could have spent all day there. Good thing there were more than enough cars for everyone.


They had a big winter wonderland with ice fishing, ice skating, a reindeer barn where you could help take care of Santa's reindeer, and of course a visit with Santa Claus. I asked Ben if he wanted to see Santa and he said yes so we went over and I told Ben to go see Santa. He marched right over, shook Santa's hand and moved on. I couldn't convince him to sit on Santa's lap.


When we went to the Children's Museum in March, Ben was terrified of this kiddie ride. It started moving and he started screaming.
 But look what a difference 9 months makes!

And through all our adventures, Caleb was his usual calm, patient, and generally very happy self.

3 comments:

Liz said...

So darn cute! Looks like lots of fun, wish we could have been there! Can't wait to see you all.

Annette said...

You are such a great mom. You sure came up with some great activities to keep everyone busy. Those boys are so fun.

Jess said...

FUN!!! What cute kids and what a cute mom!