Christmas - I know that was 3 months ago!!!

Indianapolis Children's Museum
The day before Christmas 2008 was free admission to the museum. Grandpa had the day off, and Uncle Bobby had to work. So it was a great day to load the grandkids up in grandma's van and take off for the museum. Yes, it was a zoo. The parking was the worst. And we had to run to the museum in the rain (no, not snow!). But we had a terrific day where we made lots of memories. The kids were super, and we all had a lot of fun. We started out our fun here in Dinosaur Land. Fun was had by all three.

Kayla enjoyed playing with the dinosaurs as much as Luke.

And Krista had to have one to hold too. Grandma didn't want to let her out of the stroller since we had just gotten started. I didn't want her to think she could run around the entire place. It was very crowded, and we didn't want one of them to get lost.

We had to have a little instruction from big brother.

Krista needed a little snack, so grandpa took the older two into this section to view the many types of underwater life. They came out of there with lots to tell grandma.

From the underwater life section, we went on to enter Playscape. We only had to wait about 5 minutes to enter. That was pretty amazing considering the crowd, and the kids were very patient to wait their turn.

Fun was had by all.. #3 Missy was out of her stroller and delighted to have some hands-on fun.

Water is such an attraction.

Now, let's see what I can catch!

And what I can crawl through...

.... wait for me!!

Not to be outdone by her older siblings, she climbs on the plane. AND doesn't want to get off.

Luke could do this by himself. It took a lot of arm muscle, which he showed us that he has!! I had a great front loader picture here too, but somehow I deleted it.

And not to be outdone by little miss, Kayla climbs on too.

Oh, a race car!! Can I ride that, grandpa?

And before going home, some fun on the carousal by Luke, and...

... Kayla ...

... and Krista. This is the same one their daddy rode on when he was little!

After a wonderul day at the museum, we picked up Uncle Bobby from work and went to Eric and Jean's home for a lovely dinner prepared by them. It was so much fun to spend time with the kids knowing that dinner was being lovingly prepared for us.

This doesn't do the table justice. They put a lot of work into the meal and the decorations. Thanks you two!

Amazing what you can do with water and a loaf pan!

Jean being the cupbearer! (A cupbearer is the person tasting the food first so the king doesn't die. Wasn't that nice of her to do that for us?)

Then it was present time - youngest to oldest is our tradition.

Dress up clothes - Kayla loves it. But sister wants to see too!!

And try them on.

Luke loved his Purdue sweats set.

And so does Josh!

And now for Uncle Bobby!!