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Naturally, all parents are excited to hear their child's first words. Something I didn't anticipate was the joy I would feel seeing my children's first written words. I remember bursting into tears the first time Jonah wrote, "I love you mommy." Caroline loves to color, draw, and spell (something she must get from David), and leaves little notes for us to find. I found this one on the front door coming home from work. One of the best birthday presents I ever got.

Me & D QT

Instead of material gifts for Christmas, D and I decided to treat ourselves to a get away trip. Sans children. We looked at flights and such, but decided to pick a city large enough that would be interesting to visit and close enough to drive to. We chose Indianapolis. Large, close, and neither of us had visited. So we dropped off the kiddies with Grandma and Grandpa (Thanks Don & Paula!) and off we went.

The first day we spent downtown. It was snowing pretty heavily and was pretty darn cold. That's what we get for planning a getaway in January. However I thought the snow just made it all the more pretty.

Both of us in Monument Circle, the center of downtown Indianapolis. Very cold and snowy!


D outside of the Colts Grill. We didn't eat there though. Interestingly there were news crews everywhere. We thought they were there because of the snow but found out later some Colts manager was fired. There are tons of shops and restaurants downtown. We had plenty of good food and drink and fun.

The second day we went to the world famous Indianapolis Museum of Art (according to Indianapolis everything there is world famous). It was huge and wonderful. Admission was free (but parking $5). Located there also was a wonderful restaurant (with full bar) where we had lunch. We spent the whole day there.
It was beautiful! I don't know if David just tries to appease me or what, but he always seems very interested in our art museum trips.

They had lots of old, famous art. Van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt, Degas, Matisse, etc.

...and lots of lesser known, very interesting art. There is an entire floor dedicated to modern art, which inspired lots of debates between D and myself.

Also the museum is located on one hundred acres of grounds with outdoor art at different places. It was cold but sunny, so D and I braved a walk around and didn't regret it.

Later we had some fun with a night on the town of which I didn't get any pictures. Indianapolis also has lots for kids such as a very famous children's museum, zoo, parks, and more. I'd love to go back with the kids. In the summer next time though.