Since we were going to be home for a few extra days in between trips, we decided to finally(!!!!) go to Connor Prairie. It is a living history farms type place outside of Indianapolis that has towns and villages set up around different areas. We spent all of our time in 1836, so we have…
Around Town
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
One of my favorite memories as a kid is flying kites with my dad in Rochester, NY when we visited my Grandma Moose. We walked to the local school that my dad went to for our flying expeditions. At the end we would walk back chanting, “Orange juice and ice cubes, orange juice and ice…
Nature Fridays
In an attempt to slow down and connect with my kids, we’ve instituted Nature Fridays. We’ve been leaving mid-morning and heading to the celery bog nature area for some adventuring and a picnic lunch. The first week we ate lunch, played a few games (red light, green light; duck duck goose), and then went on…
Newspaper Printing Press
At the end of August I set up a tour of the Journal and Courier, the local newspaper in Lafayette. We invited all our friends and had a really fun experience seeing the ginormous printing press at work. We learned that they not only print our towns newspaper, but newspapers and ads for many of…