Might actually go to bed early

Last night, well early morning, the infamous Ellie cough began (the one where we instantly need to locate a garbage can for her). Ellie woke up early vomiting with a headache - I really thought we had this ibuprofen thing down. Needless to say, we spent the first part of the morning in the hotel room. Rob went down to get coffee with Nick and I made Ellie some mint tea. I finally persuaded her to have a bath and she stayed in the tub for quite some time. We all got dressed and we were off to the science center. Nick was a hot mess most of the day today - I think the lack of sleep has caught up with both of the kids. We got to the museum and they are part of the reciprocal membership program so admission was free. It was interesting, lots of exhibits on the human body and nutrition, fun interactive exhibits and lots of buttons and levers for Nick to play with. When we left the center we went to have lunch. We ate at The Ice Cream and Pie restaurant. Ellie tried a tuna sandwich, Rob had some sort of beef sandwich, I had a cup of soup and Nick had blue raspberry sorbet. We finished lunch and we all got dessert. Ellie tried rocky road for the first time and thinks its her new fave (with birthday party ice cream), Rob tried their Snickers pie and I had the chocolate covered cherry pie - delish. We drove to meet Julie and Karlton (and got a bonus of seeing Julie's sister, Sarah). Karlton is a pilot and he was going to take us to the airport and let the kids sit in his plane and helicopter. Nick was the one who was so excited about this plan all last night and this morning but when we got to the hangar Nick wouldn't leave my side or arms. Ellie and Rob sat in the helicopter and we got some pictures. Karlton showed us how the camera works and tried so hard to get Nick to get involved. We watched a few planes take off and then we separated for a little while. Rob and Karlton went to the woodworking store and Jules, Sarah, the kids and I went to a few consignment stores. Nick was like a bull in a china shop so we went outside to wait and Nick did something funky and immediately began crying about his ankle. We re-grouped and Sarah said goodbye to us and we went to get a drink before heading back to Karlton's house to meet up with the boys. The kids got to run around the yard and enjoy the sunlight for a bit. Julie helped the kids make paper airplanes and nick made a few rolled up findy rolls and then we said goodbye to Julie and Karlton. We came back to the hotel and we went down to the pool. We basically had the entire pool to ourselves for the majority of time. The kids had a great time and they truly didn't want to leave to go to dinner. We came back up to the room and changed and dried hair and tried to find where we wanted to go to eat. I found an area with a bunch of restaurants so we went in that direction and found California Pizza Kitchen had no line and tables available so that is where we went. We had a nice meal together - different food choices. Rob had a really yummy drink and mine wasn't so bad either. We came back to the hotel and got our PJs on and we got ready for bed - the kids really need to make up on sleep tonight. I read some books before we all got into bed and I sang some songs. Rob and I adjourned to the other room and have been listening to tv as we play on the computer. Rob went to sleep a bit ago and I am feeling groggy and might try to go to bed early - its a long driving day tomorrow. Our plan is to head SW to Mammoth Caves and stop in Elizabethtown on the way to take some pics and then back up to Indianapolis - close to 400 miles for the day. I have been feeling pretty good today - my hands are just still very dry and peeling and my feet are a bit sore but manageable. Visualising my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree