Weber Grill

After we were done at the Children's Museum on Friday, we went out to eat at Weber Grill. It is a restaurant associated with the company that makes THE Weber Grills. Or as their website says "ENJOY DELICIOUS BURGERS, BARBECUE, STEAKS, SEAFOOD AND MORE GRILLED OVER CHARCOAL ON AUTHENTIC WEBER KETTLES" There are only 4 of these restaurants in the US. Daddy had been there once before and wanted to take us--so he could go back. I'm hooked! What a neat place to eat! And the food was AWESOME! It was a little on the expensive side, but it was worth it--and probably a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the kids.

Obviously most of their menu is stuff you can make on the grill, but the kids ordered pizza and it was fresh made. Actually the kids meals are well worth it, if your kids don't eat LESS than a bird (like mine). For $6 they got pizza, tator tots, broccoli covered in cheese, fruit, and a nice sized ice cream in a waffle bowl. And their drink was included.

Daddy got smoked sausage and brisket and I got brisket and meatloaf. Their meatloaf is very good. I would definitely go back, just maybe minus the kids next time. At least until they make it worth it to buy a kids meal.

For being a "grilling restaurant" it was very classy inside. They did have many different grills on display and this big grill on the outside of the restaurant. It was very good and I highly recommend it!

Spring Cleaning

Saturday morning my children did not wake up until 9 am! For those of you who know my kiddies, that is AMAZING! Especially C. Now K girl is more apt to sleep later, but not that late. Them sleeping late meant we got to sleep late too! Yeah! I haven't done that in a long time. I think we wore them out at the Children's Museum (see other post).

Sleeping late was a wonderful way to start our Saturday. We really didn't have many plans for the day--just cutting the boy's hair (YUCK). Daddy made us pancakes (chocolate chip for me) and the boys played PlayStation and Wii. K girl was playing here, there, and everywhere. I decided to start cleaning house, since I didn't have the chance on Friday (my usual cleaning day). I started in our bathroom and it turned into spring cleaning. I cleaned just about everything in there! Baseboards, cabinets, light fixtures, nitty-gritty stuff. I have 2 more things to do (the shower curtain and the spray head in the shower). As I kept going, the "spring cleaning bug" bit me. So I kept going. I dusted our bookshelves (no small feat), our ceiling fan, and some air return vents.

Then I made sure the bug bit Daddy. He went through all his clothes and got rid of his "fat" clothes. He got rid of two 30 gallon bags of clothes! Between him and the clothes that the kids have outgrown, I have a HUGE pile of clothes! I am going to try to sell some of the name brand stuff on eBay. I have a friend that does it all the time and makes good money. So we shall see. I'll keep you posted.

Between all this cleaning, I cut the boys hair and fed my kiddies. Daddy then grilled out hamburgers for dinner. YUM! What started out as a slow day--and what we had planned as a slow day--turned into a very productive day. It felt so good to get some stuff done! Now to finish what I've started.

Children's Museum

Friday, Daddy took off work and we went to the Indianapolis Children's Museum. There is a Lego's exhibit there that we really wanted to see. And we love going there. And it's been a long time since we had been there--K had just turned one the last time we were there!

We left a little later than anticipated, due to some TV difficulties (see future post). We got there around 10:30 or so and didn't leave the museum til close til 4 that afternoon. It was a long day, but we had so much fun.

There are 5 levels of stuff to see (one level was the store, ticket center, and food court-so really only 4) and you could spend hours on each level. The first level (which was actually the basement) had a whole train section with a real engine, a LOT of toy trains on display, a ticket counter (to sell train tickets) and ....

...what they call Fireworks of Glass. It is a massive amount of blown glass in all different shapes and colors. It's really pretty. K girl really liked this exhibit. They even had some that you could play with. The tower goes through the middle of the museum almost to the top level.

On this level they also had an "underwater" adventure and a entire section on mummies.

From the basement we went into the Dinosphere exhibit which is actually on 3 floors. There are skeletons, puzzles, places you can draw, displays, movies, the Dinosphere (kinda like a Planetarium but with dino stuff), a place the kids can do a "dig", and a Prep lab. K really liked this huge "nest" with eggs in it. She talked about it on the way home and it took us a little bit to figure out what she was talking about. The prep lab was pretty cool: they were actually working on real fossils. That was interesting to see.

The next level houses the "revolving" exhibits. Until May 3 there is a Lego exhibit and a Comic book exhibit. The Lego one was AWESOME! They had all kids of Lego's in there! All sizes. K loved building. She worked on a Princess castle. She actually cried when we had to move on. (For those of you needing birthday presents, take note. I think they are the "Duplo" brand of Lego's) There were some awesome displays in there too. Here is just one example. The entire dragon is made out of Lego's. Impressive!

There was also a slide, dress up costumes, magnets, and a "Lego video game" in this section. For the game, you designed your own catapult and tried to break down the castle wall. Pretty cool.

Then we went into the Comic book exhibit. There is actually one of the Batmobiles that was used for the new movies. That was really cool. And A LOT of comic books (according to the display, there was almost 20, 000!). I guess it was someone's collection that was donated to the museum. And all kinds of figurines, more dress up stuff, posters, movies, and more hands on stuff.

The next level has what they call the PlayScape, which is a lot of fun if all the other kids there are well supervised. You and I both know, that happens. It's more for K's age, but they both had fun. There's more dress up (K was a bee), a water table, a sand table, you can plant "flowers", a play house, some slides.... but all geared for littler ones. The other things on that level we skipped, cuz they are a little above my kiddies and K was getting very grumpy cuz it was nap time. So we went on up to the next level.

Up here was the Science Works, where once again, it's alot of fun if the other kiddies are supervised. There is a construction site with some machines that you can use and they have "dirt" to use. There were some older kids that were throwing the dirt. Ouch! We left that section quickly. But there were other cool things, like hulu hoops, buckets to walk on (remember these?)

They also had an oversized tic tac toe, and oversized connect four, checkers, Mr. Potato Head, video games (PS2, Xbox, Nintendo, etc). They also had a Biotechnology Learning Center. I think for the older kids, they explained DNA, but for my kids age it was much simpler. They got to plant seeds in plastic gloves. They soaked cotton balls with water and put them in the fingers of the glove. On each cotton ball they put a different seed. With sunlight and some air, these should grow in the glove. They are currently hanging in my kitchen window (nice curtains) and we will see. If they turn out well, I'll post their results. There is also a carousel on the top floor that we rode.

On our way out, we stopped by the cardboard construction Lego guys for pictures. Then we went to eat (see future post), stopped at Wal Mart for a few groceries, stopped at Best Buy, Target, and Game Stop looking for an extra Wheel to go with our new Mario Kart for the Wii. No one had it except Game Stop. Why didn't we just try there first? We finally got home around 7 pm. It was a long day, but we had so much fun! (And now this is a really long post!)

C and his Legos

C just recently got interested in Lego's. I think he only has maybe 4 sets and most of those are either Indiana Jones or Star Wars. Grandma just recently sent goodies to us all and C's was a new Lego set. It was a scuba diver, his jeep, and his jet ski. Daddy helped C put it all together, but thought C could have probably done it all on his own. C really likes this set. In fact, he said so far it his favorite (but ya know, that could change tomorrow).

Here are some pix to show off the set and my cute little (but growing like a weed) boy.

Yeah for shopping!

For those that know me well, you know I am not the world's best shopper. Meaning, it's not something I love to do. I enjoy it occastionally, especially when we have tax return money to spend. So all that to say, Saturday we spent the entire day shopping. We had a few things on our list that were needs (C's new socks) and a few wants (me a new Easter outfit). I also wanted to find the kiddies Easter outfits, but that didn't happen. I'm still looking. We came home with other stuff too, but got a lot of good deals.

Here is a list of what I can remember that we bought: K a new dress; C jeans, socks, cleats for baseball, 4 long sleeved T's; Daddy 2 new dress shirts, jeans, pants, socks, new Crocs (I think he's a little addicted), racketball glasses; Me a whole new outfit! skirt, 2 piece top, shoes ($70 shoes for $7), Bath and Body. We had a lot of bags when we got home! Poor K girl only got one thing, which is really unusual. Usually, she has the most stuff (girls are so much fun to buy for). I think all in all, we all made out really good. We also went out to eat and got the car washed. You'll have to wait til my Easter post to see my outfit. One hint: it's hot pink!

*Now I hope I can find Easter stuff for the kiddies. I also would like to get Daddy a new suit. Since he lost all his weight, his old one doesn't fit*