Indianapolis Children's Museum

It's Camden's Spring Break, so we took two days and went to Indianapolis.  Our big stop on Monday was the Museum.  Camden loved the dinosaur exhibit and quickly got busy doing all the hands-on stuff she could.

 



 

The National Geographic section had cool Egyptian stuff, underwater/scuba diving displays, and other natural world exhibits.

Kevin's favorite section was the Hot Wheels.  Camden enjoyed it too!

I couldn't wait for her to see the superhero section.  Of course, she loved seeing Raphael (or Raph as she affectionately calls him).

A stop in the Playhouse (for 5 and under) was a nice, safe play area for her to explore.

We were getting pretty tired, but finally made it to the fourth floor to the scienceworks and carousel.

(couldn't resist a picture with this guy either...)

 

Easter Carnival - Part II

After the missed hunt, she danced with the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Jump-It Moose, and a frog from a dentist office (huh?).

 

Then she got a pink butterfly painted on her face.

And played a few more games to use up our tickets.

It all culminated at the fish bowl game...yes, we have another fish!  As of Monday, signs are pointing to the fact that "Ruby" (aka Max & Ruby, a kid's cartoon) is going to make it.  That is, if our Max (the cat) doesn't discover how to get to the top shelf and get to the fish bowl.  He was very curious when the bag was on the kitchen counter....

Easter Carnival - Part I

Since last year's carnival at Ivy Tech in Lafayette was so much fun, Camden and I headed there again on Saturday.  Her hunt was scheduled for 12:30pm, so we got there about 1 1/2 hours earlier and enjoyed the games, bounce houses, etc.

 

 

She has such good hand-eye coordination and is a good "tosser" in games.  She impressed several of the dental assistant volunteers who sponsor this event.

 

 

She tried the soda ring toss twice.  The second time was about 5 minutes before her hunt.  I tried to hurry her through, but the people in front were dilly-dallying.  By the time she had her turn (she insisted before going to the hunt - just about 20 feet from us), they announcer was giving the last instructions. 

She won two Sprites and we ran to the caution tape, just as some kids "jumped the gun" and began the hunt.  Needless to say, by the time she got past the adults cheering on the kids, all the eggs were gone.  Thankfully, she really didn't care (it was her third hunt after all, plus she was cleaning up at the carnival.

Children's Museum



On Friday, with no school and Kevin having to work, I took the day off and went to the Terre Haute Children's Museum with Camden and Paxton.

 

  

These two are peas in a pod. 

I have taken many pictures of Camden at this museum, but it was fun to take pictures of the two of them together.  It is so nice to let her have a playmate.

 

 

I found Camden's Spiderman shirt at Dollar General for $2.50.  It's about 2 sizes too big, so it's like a dress (similar to her Turtle's shirt), but it looks cute with leggings...bonus that she looked like Spidey climbing the net in the tree house.