Three's Company

Friday, September 19, 2008

It's the Little Things

It is amazing what will amuse a 19-month old. Emmaline figured out how to flush the toilet today and has done it lots of time since this morning. She pulls the handle and then claps her hands when she hears the flushing sound. It is too cute!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Carriage Hill Farm

Nathan's vacation is quickly drawing to a close with only two days left. I had ever intention of starting school again today, but we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and do something outside instead. We went to Carriage Hill Farm and had hoped to go across the bridge to explore what was on the other side of the farm. Alas, that didn't happen because of downed power lines from Sunday's windstorm, so we stuck to the side we knew best. The kids saw lots of baby animals, played in the schoolhouse, and hiked in the creek. We ended the trip with a stop at the Country Store for some penny candy and then met Nathan's mom at McDonald's for dinner on our way home.

Emmaline thought she was pretty big sitting in the chair by herself

Ellie spent a long time "washing" clothes

Looking for turtles in the creek with Daddy

Jacob is ready to plow the fields...almost!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Indianapolis Zoo

It wouldn't be vacation without a stop at the zoo. We saw a dolphin show, rode the train, and looked at lots of neat animals.

Posing with the sea lions

Touching sharks

Watching the polar bear

The meerkats were a big hit...check out Emmaline's face!

The boys on the train

The girls on the train

Jacob got to feed some sweet potato to a giraffe

Enjoying some cotton candy before we headed home

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Children's Museum of Indianapolis

We went to the children's museum today and it never fails to impress us. Whoever wrote the AAA tour book says that the museum takes approx. 2-3 hours and obviously doesn't have small children. We got there at 10:30 am and didn't leave until 5 pm when they closed. There was plenty to keep us busy. Besides the regular exhibits, they had a big section on cartoon animation and another on comic book heroes. If you are ever in Indy, this is a must-see!

Ellie loves playing house

Peek-a-boo Emmy

Jacob loved the slides

Emmy in a dinosaur nest

Jacob draws his own cartoon character

Daddy and Jacob's favorite part: the Batmobile

Our Super Girls

Jacob, Mommy, Ellie, and Emmaline in a taxi

The Chihuly Glass Tower (this was just being built when we were last here in 2005)

By a train engine

Ellie talks on an old-fashioned phone

Daddy, Jacob, and a Super Croc

Ellie excavates dinosaur bones

Emmy held out as long as she could, but finally fell asleep right before we left.

Monday, September 15, 2008

At the Hotel

Emmaline loved standing in front of the air conditioner in our room.
We had to move her every so often because it made her arms feel like icicles.

Mommy and her kiddos in the pool

With the help of his floaty vest,
Jacob was swimming from one end of the pool to the other.

Emmaline was content to float around in her tube. She is definitely not afraid of water, as she kept dunking her head over the side of the tube and into the water.

Daddy and Ellie lounged in the big inner tube

Indiana Highway Patrol Museum

We saw a sign for this museum off I-70 and decided to make a detour to see what it had to offer. It was free and there were lots of old cruisers to see. They also had guns, cameras, and items from their most memorable cases. The kids liked the cruiser the best because they could pretend to "work" with daddy. There was a cruiser that had two front ends joined together and the kids could play in it. There was no engine, but the lights and sirens were the highlight for Jacob and Ellie. Lucky for our ears, the museum muffled the sounds so it was only slightly annoying after about 30 minutes! After leaving here, we headed to our hotel to check-in, eat dinner, and swim.