A Visit with the Princess of Noble(sville)

We received a phone call from the Queen of Noble(sville). "Help," she cried. "We've been invited to spend a weekend away but the Princess will have no one with whom to play!"

So we packed our bags quickly and off we went to visit our Princess, Alison.

Our mission was two-fold: To keep Alison busy so as not to miss mom and dad, and to be indulgent grandparents for 48 hours.

The Queen had left a detailed listing of what the Princess should (and should not) eat, what the Princess should (and should not) drink, what to wear, when to nap, and suggestions for dealing with the Princess' mercurial temperament from time to time. Thanks, Queen for taking time to make the list! Yes, I did read it and followed it most of the time! :=)

As we waved goodbye to the Queen and her King, Papaw and I made a list of all the places we could visit with Alison and all the fun things we could do over the weekend.

Before we ventured to any place fun, Papaw had

a job to do, and that was fix the Princess' castle.

The doorbell had quit ringing, the fireplace had quit firing, the phone wouldn't ring, the fridge wouldn't light up and the oven wouldn't "bake". It was frightful to think what could be wrong. After much probing and prodding with an assortment of tools, a corroded "D" battery was found at fault.

Papaw replaced the battery and as you can tell, the playhouse is now good as new. This is one of the bedroom windows that the Princess and her Paw are looking through.

On Friday night we went to McDonald's to play, and to Target to look at all the holiday decorations. We came home and took our bath, then went to bed so easily that Mimi was astonished! Night one complete....All day Saturday and Saturday night lay ahead.

We decided to spend the most of Saturday at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It is such

a wonderful place to visit! From the mammoth

train engine in the basement that was used in

Madison over a hundred years ago, to the Carousel on the top floor that was once in Broad Ripple Park, the museum is filled with interactive adventures for young and old. We spent quite a lot of time at Playscape. This is for the under two set and has lots of water toys, climbing toys, sand, steps, noisemakers and never less than 200 small fry running around. The worst part about the Children's Museum is having to share the fun with the very people the Museum was built for!

We ended our day with rides on the Carousel. Alison chose the lion and then a tiger. Since she is under three, she has to ride the stationery

animals. She much prefers the carousel animals
to go up and down. So, after leaving the Museum, we drove to the park in Noblesville which does have a carousel with horses that go up and down. A couple of rides there, a few swings in the swing and down the slide a few times and we were ready for ice cream.

When I asked Princess Alison what kind of ice cream she wanted to get at Mary Moo's, she said "blue." As one can readily see, "Cotton Candy" blue ice cream was available. It did wonderful things to her lips, and later her neck, hands and jacket.

By Sunday morning, Alison was ready for the Queen

and King to return home. She spent a restless
night and tossed and turned, calling out more than once for mommy and daddy. And, while we were glad that our weekend had gone so well, we told Alison that another fun weekend is only a phone call away!

Thanks Alison for sharing your world with us for a couple of days! We had fun and will treasure the memories we made in the world of Princess Alison!!!