It really has been far too long since I got a chance to update this thing and I honestly kinda forgot about it in lieu of other things. I finally finished school and our home season is over so there's some breathing room for a couple months to adjust to the new work schedule. It's hard to get used to shipping Elise off to daycare 5 days a week but she really likes her school so that helps a little (more on that another time). Since she gets less face time with us now we try to do something fun on the weekends to ensure she has some quality "family time". Last weekend we took her to the Indianapolis Children's Museum for some Sunday morning fun.
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| Zoom-zoom! Riding with Daddy. |
We got a membership in the spring and I was taking her just about every week for a few months since I was home during the day with her. It's great that even though we've been there a lot she still doesn't get tired of anything! That speaks volumes about the amount of things they have for kids to do there. If you haven't taken your little ones I highly suggest doing it.
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| Usually this train table is swamped so Elise enjoyed a chance to play! |
Elise has only recently become more bold and confident in her own movements. We had a hard time getting her to roll over/crawl/walk so it's no surprise that things like jumping, climbing, and stairs are still challenges for her at times. We just encourage her to do them and praise her like crazy when she does so she'll keep trying. She's come really far in these areas, even going up steps without holding onto our hands every time, and I love watching her do her little prance/jump around the apartment.
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| Zebra Daddy helping our little bee across the rocks. |
The new Hot Wheels exhibit just opened a couple weeks ago, replacing the Barbie exhibit. It's pretty darn cool!
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| Hot Wheels!!! |
By far, the best thing about the Children's Museum is the carousel. As members we have unlimited rides ($1/ride for non-members) and boy do we take advantage of that! Her favorite animals to ride are "Pete" the horse, the tiger, the lion and of course, the giraffe. Giraffes seem to have settled in as her favorite animal and I like to think my mom had a little hand in that since they were her favorite too. I can't wait to take her to see some real ones at the zoo, and even maybe fork over the little extra to feed one!!
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| By far the best picture I took that day. |
I'll try my best to update the blog more often, maybe do some archive posts to show what all has been going on this past year with her. Goodness knows I have hundreds of pictures and even more stories to share!
