The Children's Museum

Cam, Mom and I headed to the Indianapolis Children's Museum early this morning.  The trip was a little harrowing as it was extremely foggy and there was a train stuck in Sidney.  We found a way around it but traveled a little slower than normal.  We were there by 11:30.

Our first stop at the museum was the Dinosphere where we saw a dinosaur named Draconex Hogwartsia.  As we are halfway through Deathly Hallows Part 2 right now we thought that was really cool.  I bought us tickets to the Terra Cotta Warrior exhibit, so that was our next visit.  I wasn't sure how much we would like it, but we were all completely impressed.  Cameron learned a lot about ancient China and he was able to mold his own warrior out of clay.  There were replica puzzles that we could work on and computer modules to paint our own horses.  We spent at least forty-five minutes in the exhibit and thoroughly enjoyed it.

We checked out the mummies next and then went to the planetarium to investigate the skies over Ancient China.  Cameron really liked this part as well.  We had lunch in the food court and then spent some time in the Science Works area.  That part is always the most crowded as everyone seems to enjoy building their own boats or damns and watching the pool ball machine.

Cameron wanted to check out the gift store before we left.  He found a really neat ball that changed color by flipping inside out when it is tossed in the air.  My Mom bought that for him and I got him two Terra Cotta Warrior replicas.  We also found a shirt with our new favorite dinosaur on it.

The last stop was the Haunted House.  We went several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.  This one was just as good.  The "ghouls" would follow Cameron around and then scream when we would least expect it.  It was so funny.  My Mom said she enjoyed watching us more than anything.  It was definitely scary, but no so scary that we couldn't handle it.

Our trip home was a lot less eventful.  We tried a new route and except for a couple of miles of construction it was great.  Cal got home a little bit after we did.  He and his friends went to the girls volleyball sectional.  Wawasee won in an exciting fifth set.  The boys all stayed here for awhile playing poker.

We heard from Doug and Meg tonight.  They made it to Gettysburg and DC today.  One of the busses had a small fender bender and the hotel messed up the room keys.  Other than those two glitches everything went well.  Meg texted me several times to tell me about all of the fun that she is having.  I am glad that she likes it!