Children's Museum Holiday Stories

The excitement. The fun. The pure joy. All of these reasons I loved going to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis as a child. However, I have learned that trips to the museum as an adult have been much more fulfilling. Why, you may ask. Ella. My daughter will be 2 years old this November and because of her I am finally living life. Every trip to the museum, which is more than I can count in her two years of life, has been a new adventure. We raced down the Yule slide last year together and she giggled at the indoor snowball fight. The Children's Museum is where she first sat on Santa's lap and we are planning to make the trip again this year. The museum has hightened her curiosity and filled her with inquiry and excitement. On a recent trip to the museum we visited the Frogs. As we waited in line to get in she saw the sign. "Ribbit, ribbit" she said. As we went from case to case, nose pressed against the glass, we challenged ourselves to find the frogs so cleverly camouflaged in their surroundings. The best part though, that I had my camera ready for, was when Ella found the dress up clothes to metamorphisize into a frog herself. I almost cried as I laughed watching her in an oversized frog jacket and frog feet hopping from lily-pad carpet to lily-pad carpet shouting out "Ribbit!" in her adorable almost 2 year old voice. The Children's Museum is one of the greatest places on Earth. Membership has been one of the best gifts for our family as you can learn something new in each visit. Watching Ella learn and grow has been truly magic.

Name: Caitlin Skinner