Field trip #6: Road trip for the girls

Field trip #6 took us to Indianapolis with our friends Beth and Mikayla. We left early Thursday morning so that the girls could nap on the road. That didn't exactly go how we planned, but we arrived in Indy and went straight to the Children's Museum. We had about three hours to play, explore, and learn with our little ladies! I wondered if it would be a lot different from the last time Lylah went since she could crawl now. I thought maybe she would be overwhelmed by the people, and just watch them rather than crawl around. I was wrong, Lylah must have crawled 50 miles in that 3 short hours. It was so fun to watch both of the girls play and interact with the different exhibits and each other. If you have children and you have never been to Indy for the museum then you SHOULD go!!!

Anyway, after the museum we had dinner and then went back to the hotel. We rigged up a great way to have the girls sleep w/o too much light for Mikayla (who is used to sleeping in the dark) and too little of light for Lylah (who sleeps with a night light). After getting our plan together we watched the girls play. It was precious. Mikayla didn't want to leave Lylah out on anything and that was good since Lylah seemed to study Mikayla's every move. It was definitely the most I have ever seen two babies their ages interact. After some play time the girls went to sleep like a charm!! I'm sure it was the lamp in the closet that did the trick and not the lack of naps and day filled with fun! :)

The next morning we did some shopping and dressed up like cows for some free chicken. We were making it home in record time when we hit the mother of all traffic jams. If you have never been in a traffic jam with two overly tired babies at dinner time then you should certainly consider it....Needless to say we were worn out after the 2 hours it took to get out of the jam. Beth did a great job manning the car while I tried to man the babies. Even though it was crazy being stuck in traffic that long, I think it adds to the story we will one day share with the girls. To say it was a great trip is really an understatement, but some things just can't be summed up in a blog post. Here are some pictures of some of our fun!