Indianapolis Children's Museum

Since our spring breaks were spread across two different weeks (me, solo & Jeff with all the kids), we did a mini-vacation to Indianapolis last weekend. We'd never been to the Children's Museum there before and heard it was really worth the drive and the cost ($56 for a family of four). So, we made a weekend of it and left home early Saturday, arriving at the museum a little after 12, Indy time. Oh how I wish I'd purchased the tickets online...I had NO IDEA we'd have to wait an hour to just buy tickets in! Next time I will be smarter, for sure. Anyway, the museum earns its hype--it is huge and has so much to do that I think we could have stayed longer or done a second day. Though, agfter 3 1/2 hours (plus the hour in line), our feet were tired and everyone was ready to be done with the crowds. We will definitely go back again--the drive was easy and it far surpassed St. Louis's Magic House or Bloomington's Children's Museum. If I knew we'd go three times a year, the $125 family membership would be worth every penny.

Keeton was so very excited about the dinosaurs.

There are many places where kids are encouraged to dress up...this is "dress like a dinosaur" and then you can sit in their nests.  Ella wouldn't dress up, but Keeton was a good sport!

One of the exibits was costumes (from movies, t.v., etc.)  Keeton wimped out on getting any photos taken with "real" people, but Ella hammed it up on several occassions.

 Egypt was neat and I think this is one of the permanent exhibiits.  The kids played drums and Keeton made a mad dash for this really cute cafe where the kids got to "serve" their parents food they made.  As a side note, Keeton plays in the kitchen center everyday at pre-school :).

 The race car was a fave-can't see Keeton in the picture I took of him because he was too little to be seen above the steering wheel. You can see him exiting the car to the left, though!

The indoor carousel was another lengthy line, but it was worth it.

This is a gigantic glass sculpture that spans the entire height of the museum.