{"id":5958,"date":"2016-08-01T19:21:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=5958"},"modified":"2016-08-01T19:50:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:50:06","slug":"fun-with-the-grandboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=5958","title":{"rendered":"Fun With the Grandboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

We took three of our grandsons to the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis Friday.\u00a0 We started early in the morning by taking them out to Steak and Shake to eat since the food in the museum is so expensive.\u00a0 Then we drove clear to the top of the parking garage which was packed and parked our car.\u00a0 It’s been a few years since we took one of our grandsons to the museum and it had changed a lot.<\/p>\n

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Dinosaurs at the windows.\u00a0 Oh, my.<\/p>\n

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The Bat mobile was of special interest.\u00a0 The boys kept saying they wish they could drive it.\u00a0 Not sure that would be a good idea!<\/p>\n

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There was an exhibit of replicas of Chinese statues that were found some years ago. The real statues were life size and so were the replicas. They also had some you could put together as a puzzle. The boys enjoyed this exhibit.\u00a0 I could have stayed there a little longer and read more about them, but with three boys it’s go, go, go.<\/p>\n

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Someone had placed sun glasses on this one.<\/p>\n

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What I love about the museum is that it is truly kid friendly and children can climb on most of the exhibits.\u00a0 As you can see, our grandson thought this was fun.<\/p>\n

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Is there a resemblance here?<\/p>\n

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There was a Hot Wheels exhibit and cars to climb in.<\/p>\n

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Handsome lad.\u00a0 “Grandma,” he asked me. “Do you think I am handsome because I have red hair?”\u00a0\u00a0 “I just think you are handsome,” I replied.\u00a0 All my grandsons are handsome, but I am not at all prejudiced.\u00a0 And I do love red hair.<\/p>\n

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Dressing up was part of the fun.<\/p>\n

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From race car driver to king in one day.<\/p>\n

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There was merry-go-round riding.<\/p>\n

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David got to be a kid again.\u00a0 I was taking pictures and then a woman tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I was in line for the ride. I looked behind me and there was a long line of people.\u00a0 Oops.\u00a0 “Just watching.”\u00a0 I said.<\/p>\n

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More race cars to\u00a0climb in.<\/p>\n

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There is a magnificent Chihuly chandelier hanging right in the middle of the museum.\u00a0 The last time we were here they were just putting it together.<\/p>\n

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Leftover pieces were put in the floor.<\/p>\n

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Me standing on Chihuly!<\/p>\n

On the floor below this there was a rotating couch people could sit on and look up and see the beautiful colors.<\/p>\n

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Looking up at Chihuly.<\/p>\n

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This is what you saw from below. I was entranced by this.<\/p>\n

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An exhibit about Anne Frank where I would have liked to spend more time, but boys.\u00a0 Go, go, go. This picture of Anne was made up of hundreds of photos of people.\u00a0 Her story\u00a0still saddens me.<\/p>\n

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There was a maze where, really, I was afraid I would never get out of.\u00a0 I kept the boys in my sight at all times.\u00a0 They knew where they were going.<\/p>\n

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There was an exhibit and\u00a0show about the space capsule that Gus Grissom, the second man in space,\u00a0 flew in..\u00a0 The capsule was lost at sea for thirty-eight years.\u00a0\u00a0 Thankfully, they were able to save Mr. Grissom, but he later died in a fire in a space capsule.\u00a0 It was very interesting, and the fact I\u00a0 remember when this happened made it even more interesting to me. I was twelve years old at the time and space travel was new and exciting.<\/p>\n

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There was a train exhibit.<\/p>\n

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Pretending to buy and sell train tickets. David and I are going on a train trip this year. Can’t wait.<\/p>\n

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Okay, I hate my picture being taken, but David stalked me and got one that doesn’t make me look too horrible.\u00a0 I won’t delete this one, David. Ha. And who is that woman photo bombing me?\u00a0 And why do I look so contemplative?<\/p>\n

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So I took another picture of my sweetie.\u00a0 So, is this sign describing the bear or David?\u00a0 Hmmmmm.<\/p>\n

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The boys got all excited about Spiderman and tried to point him out to me.\u00a0 I could not see\u00a0him and they kept saying, “There, Grandma!”\u00a0 Finally saw him and took his picture.\u00a0 There was so much more we saw and a lot we didn’t get to see.\u00a0 I would go back again.<\/p>\n

It was a fun day.\u00a0 We stopped at the gift shop and let the boys buy some things and then the museum was closed and we left. When we got back to the car, there were very few cars in the parking garage and the upper deck was empty except for our car.<\/p>\n

Driving\u00a0 to the restaurant to eat that afternoon we saw this.\"DSCN3642\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It had been raining all day and the sun was coming out again.<\/p>\n

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A perfect ending to a perfect day.\u00a0 Hope the boys had as much fun as David and I did.<\/p>\n

Here’s to Grandboys and museums. Bye.<\/p>\n

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