Hot Air and Museums

This past Monday the neighbors had given a hot air balloon ride as a gift to their parents and they actually ended up leaving from right behind their house. So we quickly ate dinner and ran outside to see them blowing up the balloons and take off. I guess open spaces like this where the balloons can take off are somewhat rare so there were actually two balloons with a third that started to set up, but for some reason ended up not actually taking off. It has been so long since I've seen a hot air balloon and I don't think I've ever been so close to one, so it was sort of fun to see how things work. JoAnn just thought they looked cool, but was terrified when she saw the flame that was used to create the hot air. I don't think she would have been nearly as scared if it weren't for how loud they are. I don't think I ever realized how loud they truly are. So, any how here is a picture of the two that took off from right behind the house.

One of the things I've been dying to do was to take JoAnn to the Indianapolis Children's Museum. I have heard so much about it and it seemed like it would be pretty fun. I was going to do it for her birthday, but found out it was a little more expensive than what I wanted to pay and as it turns out the first Thursday of every month from 4-8 pm Target sponsors a free night. So, that was my answer. Knowing that Daniel would probably not really want to go, I asked Katy to come with me before she went back to school the next day. It ended up being so fun and I am so glad we went. I am extremely glad Katy was able to go since I don't think I would have been able to keep up with JoAnn and still take care of Isaiah by myself.

One of the big exhibits was a Barbie area. They had a ton of dolls from the last however many years and these were two of my favorites. The first one was Ken and he actually had a fro. Then the other Barbie was pregnant!


Here is JoAnn with Katy trying to talk to Barbie on the phone.

I think she was a little too young to do much with the Barbie exhibit, so we tried to find something she would like a little better.

This was the Egypt exhibit.

You can't really tell in the picture but she was terrified. She was pushing up against me so hard that I was almost falling over. So we went on and tried the science area. Score. She LOVED it. There was a ball machine type thing that she loved and just stood watching the balls go all around for a long time.

Next was a water way thing that had boats floating through it and you could place rocks and things in the water to change the flow. She loved playing with the boats.

Next to the water there was a house that tried to teach the kids how to have a healthy lifestyle. This is JoAnn with the "couch potatoe."

There was way more to the museum, but that is a quick shot. I'm hoping to go again on one of the free nights, but I'm going to wait until school starts to see if it won't be as crowded since it was crazy how many people were there.