Buddy Walkin', drummin', and the "Best Day Ever!"

Saturday was a gorgeous day here in Indy.  We started off our day with the Indianapolis Buddy Walk.  This is our 3rd year at the walk with the Alli's Pals team.  We had a great time walking to support Down Syndrome Indiana and our #1 Pal, Allison Schmidt.

After the walk and lunch in the park we headed back up the canal to look at the newly dedicated Sept. 11th Memorial.  The memorial is a new addition to the canal walk with the centerpiece being 2 steel beams from the World Trade Center.

Next stop:  the NCAA Hall of Champions.  It's not a huge place, but it was a fun stop.  There was a small gym are where we shot some hoops.

They had displays and exhibits about all of the collegiate sports.  Aaron took on the machine that simulated skiing.

Then we headed downtown to the Rhythm Discovery Center.  This was right up Aaron's alley.  There were displays of drums and rhythm instruments from around the world.  Then there were a ton of instruments to play on.  We beat on all kinds of drums and played xylophones.  Aaron loved the drum set in the sound dampening room...and so did I!  We got there about an hour before closing and had the place to ourselves.

After that, we headed back to the parking garage through Circle Center Mall.  The 1st thing that hit us was the smell of Cinnabon and Auntie Anne's pretzels.  We split a pretzel 4 ways and made a pit stop at the Colts Pro shop where we found this.

Bonus!  Pressed penny machine. If you know our family, then you know that we never pass on of these machines without adding to our collection.  We finished up the day some Chick-fil-a.

Rachel declared it the "Best Day Ever!"  She has the tendency to do that with any fun family day, but at any rate it was a fun day! :)