invasion of the girls! part 1

Grammy Pammy, Aunt Bitsy, Maddie and Abbie have invaded our home for a few days and now the girls to guys ratio is even! Bitsy had never seen where we lived and the boys don't know these girl cousins as well as their others. Let the fun begin! It's crazy having 6 little ones under 1 roof and there's alot of playing, crying, eating going on. Let's follow the events of the first days with these pictures...

Everyone got here Sunday afternoon. We promptly set up the slip-n-slide on a fresh mown lawn that was not yet raked. Here's Abbie, just covered in grass. Yes, baths were had that night.


That evening we took some of the kids to the garden to pick some more lettuce. Cale enjoyed perching like a bird on top of the fire hydrant.

Ok-Monday morning we hit the town hard. Our first stop was the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. We go about once a year. I found some awesome coupons that let all the kids get in free with the adult tickets. Otherwise, I tend to call the museum an elitest institution because of how much it can cost a family to go there. The first exhibit we went to was the dinosaur exhibit. See my little archeologists? They are so industrious. This was the only part of the dinosuars that Ewan liked. The rest was too loud and "creepy" (his word). We stayed for a little bit, then made our way to something else.

Liam and Abbie, along for the ride.

There was the Star Wars display of some of the props from the movies. Marcus and Cale really liked that.

Then, we went to an exhibit where kids could learn about life in Egypt. Hands down, this was one of the neatest exhibits I had seen at the museum. There was a ton of hands-on stuff to do. Here, Ewan, Maddie, Cale and Abbie have "tea" in a tent.

Cale worked on fixing a dinner in a replica of a Cairo apartment. I watched some Egyptian Sesame Street with Liam.

These sphinx were begging to get sat on by the kids. Here's Maddie.

Marcus

Cale

Ewan, Cale, Maddie, Abbie and Marcus on a Nile crocodile

We also went to a play area especially for little ones. We just let the kids run around and use up some more of the never-ending energy they seem to have.

Ewan with Andy on the way out of the museum. Ewan was glad we were leaving the dinosaurs.

After a stop at a McDonald's, with a play area of course, we went home to try to rest for a little bit. Then, we took the kids to the library to see a magician who was there for the kick-off of the summer reading program. It was fun and Marcus and Maddie both got to go up and help with tricks. The magician was named Marcus and was tickled that there was someone with his name in the audience. Marcus and Cale also checked out magic trick books, so I'm hoping I'll have a couple videos of tricks to post soon. The evening ended with some Wii time, baths, new tattoos and strong thunderstorms. The kids and adults were wiped out!

Maddie with her new tattoo. Andy picked it out. It's a guitar with wings. I'm sure Uncle Eric will be proud.