Impromptu Trip To Indy

Well, about 6:30 on Friday, we (mostly I) decided that we were going away for the weekend to Indianapolis. Vince is not at all a spur-of-the-moment kind of person, so he definitely humored me! I realized that I wasn't going to have time off until probably next year (besides the holidays), so I wanted to get away while we had the chance! We love going to Indy, so we quickly searched for a hotel (that takes dogs of course) and quickly found the Omni Severin right in the heart of Indy, and thanks to our Entertainment card, got a really good deal last minute!

So, we QUICKLY packed our bags, got everything together, fed Elijah, and were on the road. While there, we realized that we forgot Alex's (our dog) kennel. No biggie. We stopped at a Meijer and got a travel one, which is actually something we wanted to get eventually - eventually was now! Drove the 100 miles to Indy and got to our hotel around 10:30.

Our time in Indy consisted of a packed schedule.
*Arrival at 10:30 Friday Night
*Bed around 12:30
*Up at 8:00
*Out to breakfast at 9:30 to Patachou on the Park - one of my FAVORITE places in Indianpolis - the restaurant is totally organic and SO yummy!
*11:00 - Back to the hotel for a nap (Elijah).
*12:30 Elijah gets up from his nap and we head out to the Children's Museum
*Arrival at the Children's Museum around 1:30
*Spend 3 hours of fun at the Children's Museum and head back downtown at 4:30 for late lunch/early dinner
*Eat dinner at Alcatraz Brewing Company - another one of our favorites and SO yummy!
*Go shopping at the Circle Centre Mall (attached to our hotel) - Vince and I each got new crocs! YAY!!
*Head back to the hotel around 7:30
*Eli gets ready for bed, and is in bed around 8:30
*We fall asleep around 10:00
*Back up at 8:00 and head out to breakfast at 9:00 at LePeep - So yummy!
*Pack up the rest of our stuff and head back to Cincinnati around 11:00

PHEW! What a PACKED weekend. Not bad for last minute!!

We had so much fun!! For ALL the pictures, click here. For an overview of the trip, click here. Here are some pictures from our trip below!


THE ENTRANCE TO OUR 4-STAR HOTEL!



ELI DECIDED HE WANTED TO HANG OUT IN ALEX'S KENNEL



BEFORE GOING INTO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM



ELI AND CURIOUS GEORGE



STARTING DOWN THE SLIDE



WEEEEEEEEEE!



AND HE NAILS THE LANDING!



MOMMY AND ELI OUT FOR A DRIVE - I LOVE HOW HIS ARM HANGS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW!!



MY 2 FAVORITE GUYS!



ELI THE RACE CAR DRIVER



STARTING DOWN THE TUBE. . .



AND NEVERMIND!



VINCE PREACHING THE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE!!



ON THE CAROUSEL



ME AND MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND RIGHT BEFORE LEAVING TO COME BACK HOME!