Wednesday: children's museum

 We drove down to Indy with Liz and the kids today.

The model trains were captivating.

In the archeology section there was a conveyor belt to put rubble on that would fall down a shaft.  It worked very nicely.

There was also some armor to put together.

A small glass exhibit.  The kids had large plastic pieces that they could put on sculptures, a bit like those ceramic Christmas trees.

We were just in time to see the water clock change from 12:59 to 1pm, which is when it goes from very full to very empty.  Isaac was especially intrigued by this.

There was a really fun DC comic area.  There were a lot of things to do, along with a small hunt to find clues to turn the BatSignal back on.

There was a carasel ride, an interesting mirror maze, and a miniatures section to round out the day.

On the way out we realized we missed the ball contraption.  It was pretty cool because it required some user interaction.

The boys had a really good time, although Isaac has almost aged out of it.  It was a bit of a different children's museum because it felt like there was a bit more reading and learning than structured play.  Oh!  There was also a sci-fi trivia time.  We made a really good group...the kids knew all the young answers (Wall-E, Paw Patrol) and Liz and I were able to get the older clues.  The last clue was the most exciting though...the question was what is the name of the thing put around the sun in ___ book to get power.  Isaac (and Ben and I) have been playing a game that uses a Dyson sphere, so he was able to figure that one out by himself.  (Oddly enough, Dyson spheres have been coming up a lot in the books and games I've been playing recently.)

Tulsa pictures: Friday

 All the signs:

Oylmpics - Limbo

Japanese food for opening ceremonies

Olympics - egg balance:

Olympics - sack race:

Olympics: 3-legged race

Olympics - synchronized jumping

"stay up as late as you want as long as you're happy tomorrow" night.  The movie was starting around 9.  I think everyone was asleep by midnight though. :)

Tulsa pictures: Thursday

The floor was lava!

10 miles of packing tape gives some nice tubes.

Slinky conveyor belt:

Shadows

Snack at the oldest house in Tulsa.  Some kids were rather perplexed as to why there were no doors/windows.

Dropping Seth:

Balloon animal pledge: I pledge not to care if the balloon pops while I'm making something.  I pledge not to get anyone with a sword while in the room.  I pledge to not stab Ben and Amanda with the swords ever.  I pledge not to make Ben and Amanda surrender to the swords ever.  (The other parents were on their own.)

Dominion

 

Tuesday: waiting

Today had a lot of waiting.

Waiting during Joshua's ortho eval. (No work needed yet!)

Waiting while Isaac had an appointment.

Waiting while Isaac had piano lessons.

Waiting for the boys to finish dinner and brush their teeth.

Waiting (and driving) on the way to fort Wayne.

But we're here!  Tomorrow should be fun!

Pat came over this morning so the boys wouldn't have so much waiting.  Joshua is listening to the newest press start book... again.  To be fair though, this is one of his most favorite series.  

Tulsa pictures: Wednesday

The kids were all making boxes to hold popcorn for a movie they were anticipating later that day.

Statue 1: praying hands.  It was an amazing statue.

Beautiful gardens...but hot.

Statue number 2: Disappointing after the praying hands.  We also couldn't actually get out to see it, so just did a driveby