Indianapolis is a little over 3 hours from us so we thought
it was for sure a manageable drive with a 3 month old! Well Ty was a horrible car rider at that
point and 3 hours was most definitely his limit. We had to stop just short of our hotel to
feed him. But then we finally made it!
We decided to order in food and put on our swimsuits for a
relaxing Friday night and start to the weekend!
Ty and I hung out poolside!
Saturday morning we were up bright and early (like always)
and got ourselves ready to head to the Children’s Museum. Indy is home to the world’s largest
Children’s Museum and it was fabulous!
There was so much to see and do for both Luke & Paige. We were there from open to close! And Ty was perfect – he spent some time in
the stroller but mostly with us wearing him.
And I have to give a shout out to the Children’s Museum for having a
great mother’s room. There were 4 or so
small individual rooms with gliders, small tv’s, and a few toys and books. What a perfect setup for a mom with an infant
and a toddler that needs to be occupied.
Ty and I certainly enjoyed the quiet time for a bit!
And now a million pictures from the day!
They loved making and serving food in the Chinese restaurant!
Paige could have played at the sand table forever!
We even ran into Peyton Manning!
We had a tea party!
There was a carnival themed haunted house that you could go throw with the lights on! I think it was still a little too scary for the kids. I can't even imagine what it is like at night!
We ended the day with a carousel ride!
After the museum, the kids were wiped out! Luke managed to make it a little bit longer
than Paige and he got to walk around Butler University for a bit with Wally
while I stayed in the car with the other two sleepyheads. Unfortunately the doors to the gym were
locked so they were sort of just wandering around when of course Luke had to go
to the bathroom. They found some
portapotties but they were locked too. A
very nice man happened to see them and said he had keys to the gym and could
let them in. He ended being the
Assistant Athletic Director for the University and gave Wally & Luke a nice
little tour of the locker rooms and
other facilities. He was on his
way home for the evening but made time to show them around – so nice! Meanwhile, I’m in the car wondering where
the heck they are! When they got back,
Wally was so pumped up about it all!
As soon as we got moving though, Luke was fast asleep so we
decided to just cruise around downtown Indy for awhile since neither of us have
ever been there.
We went out to dinner and then headed back to the hotel for the night!
Sunday morning we headed to church and then to the
Indianapolis Zoo! It was like a ghost
town at first, which was really strange to be in this big place with barely
anyone else. It turned out that they
were having their Boo at the Zoo that day in the afternoon so the crowd
definitely picked up as the day went on.
It was a gorgeous day out too!
The orangutan center here was so awesome! Who's watching who?!?!
Oh and did I mention Nala came with us for the weekend?!?! It was her first hotel stay and she did great.
Luke grabbed my camera a few times in the hotel and took some pics!
It was a great getaway that we highly recommend! Downtown Indy looked like a lot of fun
without kids and there certainly was plenty to do with kids too!
