Step into my childhood...

Yesterday we took a drive over to Speedway. It's an insane tradition that we started when we moved away from Speedway years ago. I grew up in Speedway and the Indy 500 was a huge part of life. Every May it was an event. We parked cars for qualifications, my sister and I had a lemonade stand and it was a big deal. Then for race weekend we would have about 30 people come stay with us for the weekend. We had people in the house, and camping in the yard. We parked cars on race day and it was the best! We sat on the front porch and listened to the race (tv coverage is blocked out in Indy for the live broadcast) and after the race we went to Sizzler and came home and with everyone that had been to the race we watched the delayed broadcast. Ohhhh it was the best. People that would come stay with us had stayed with my grandparents when they owned the house...it was a month steeped in tradition! Before I moved to Florida I went to Speedway High School. I marched in the band around the 2 1/2 mile oval....it was not fun...but it was tradition! So off to Speedway we went...we drove through the crowd, down Georgetown Road, and up Crawfordsville Road....masses of people all for Indy.

After our foray into the madness we drove through Speedway on our way back home. We stopped at Leonard Park and ohhhh the memories. Gretchen and I used to come to the park all the time. It was a few blocks from the house but those were the days you walked anywhere. It's nice to see what has been done with the park. The baseball fields are the same...the vast expanse of park space is beautiful. The kids loved playing in the park. It was funny to see how much of the playground equipment is still there....30 years later! The merry go round, the Old Woman's Shoe, the monkey bars...and the big spiral slide. I remember when that was put in the park. It was fun taking my kids there and letting them see and play where mommy did! They had a ball! It was good to step back into time for just a little bit and remember when life was simpler. I miss Speedway and Leonard Park...and I miss being in the middle of the excitement of May. It's always nice to walk down memory lane!

We let the kids play for a bit and we weren't surprised to find that Seth loved the merry go round! The faster the better. Some children with Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders love spinning. And if I could I would have one of these installed in my backyard! Take a look!



Spin Seth Spin!!!!!


Seth at Leonard Park!