Just to prove it, he planned a fun-filled "mini-vacation" for us in downtown Indy last weekend:
The view from our hotel room:
We put Adele to work at Rock Bottom-she had to make her own dinner! (I think she preferred it that way, she actually ate some of it!)
(She ate the cooked version as well, but we forgot to take a picture)Our hotel-stay was part of the PBS Kids weekend package. We spent Friday night at the Hilton, and got to do crafts and story time with Super Why and Clifford, then Saturday there was a special breakfast with more PBS characters, and then after breakfast, thee was the PBS Kids in the Park event, which was free to the public.
At first, Adele was excited to see Clifford and Super Why, but she clammed up when it was our turn to see them up close. Doesn't it look like Clifford is sad because Adele won't go see him?
Super Why!
Daddy loves Anna too!
Around 10:00 on Friday night, when Adele STILL wasn't sleeping, we decided to skip breakfast (it was at 8...) We would've had to get up by 6:30 to get ready/check out of the hotel and get to the park on time. Despite trying to put Miss Ellie to bed at 8, she didn't fall asleep until after 10:30...neither did Anna. Anna slept for the remainder of the night (well, except when she woke up to eat...but that was only twice!) Adele, on the other hand, woke up at about 5 and stayed up until 7:30!!! First she wanted to know where Brian was (he started out next to her, but she changed beds numerous times between 8 and 10:30) then she was hungry, but she didn't want the snack I gave her (I'm just thankful I HAD snacks for her that I could find in the middle of the night!)
Despite our rough night, Adele was in a great mood when we got to the park. She wasn't at all timid about meeting McGruff:
Super Why left just as we got to the front of the line, but thankfully Daddy was simultaneously waiting in Princess Presto's line, so Adele got to "meet" her:
We got to see "Dog" from Word World (on the 2nd try-he walked away when we got to the front of the line the first time as well...they had these signs that read, "line for ___ ends here" but instead of bringing it to the END of the line, they would just stick it where the character had been, and walk the character into a tent. I know the characters were hot, but it wasn't a very nice thing to do to little kids without any warning!!!)
The PBS event was fun, but it was hot and muggy out. I ran into two former students and was almost embarrassed because I was literally dripping with sweat...not that they weren't too, but it was still pretty gross. So, we headed to the Children's Museum for lunch...oh, AND to see the cover band "Frontiers" put on a little concert as a part of the opening of the new Rock and Roll exhibit.
Waiting for Mommy to change Anna's diaper:
Adele gets to show our member card:
Kiss!
On Sunday, Daddy abandoned us girls for the majority of the day. Adele was a great big sister, and entertained Anna while I made breakfast. She was teaching Anna about "up" and "down"...it was TOO cute!
Anna was in her bouncy chair, so Adele sat down and starting singing to her. She used her "high" voice to sing to Anna and melted my heart!
Adele looked so cute snuggled under Anna's blanket just before nap time, too bad she got upset with me for taking her picture. She's shouting, "No!" at me:
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