Kosobucki Family Weblog

A week ago Fadel, the Saudi student that has been living with us since October, moved out.  We really enjoyed having him in our home.  He treated us all to dinner at a GREAT Egyptian restaurant in Indianapolis, called Cairo Cafe.  I highly recommend it!

After he left, we had Eliza’s birthday sleepover with a few friends on Tuesday.  On Wednesday a guy named Josh Olson came to stay with us from Escondido, CA.  He’s from Calvary Chapel in Escondido, and came to do a discipleship training course with people from our church and a few other Horizons around Indy.  It is a great course, put together by a man from India.  We are excited to implement it at church.  It’s been fun getting to know Josh as well.  We taught him “Ticket to Ride” (the train game), and “Blockus”.

Tomorrow night my parents come from Massachusetts to visit for a week.  My mom’s sister (named Aunt Sis) from Milwaukee is coming on Tuesday and will stay til Friday.  It will be a special treat to have the three of them in our home.  So that’s what’s going on around here!

Yesterday was a prime example of why I love living in Indianapolis.  I was watching the Velazquez children for two days (ages 2, 7, 9 and 12). We all decided to go out for the afternoon. 

The first stop was the NEW Central Library.  It is an amazing structure, reminding me more of the Children’s Museum than the old library. I felt like we should pay to be there, but it is completely FREE.  After spending time in the children’s section, which includes a computer center for kids of all ages, a metallic wall with magnets of all kinds for little ones, a stage for performing, lots of cool chairs, and books, books, and more books, we rode up the 4 escalators to the top floor.  From there we had a beautiful view of the Indianapolis skyline. We stopped at the cafe on the way out. Normally libraries don’t allow food and drink, but here they encourage it!  The friendly man at the cafe even gave us a free cookie besides the one we purchased.

 After leaving the library from our close, low-cost parking space, we drove 5 minutes to the center of town. The downtown sites are quite accessible.   After finding another convenient, low-cost parking space, we walked a block to the Monument at the very center of the city. The friendly men at the base informed us it costs only $1 to ascend.  The view from the top, though cramped, is panoramic.  From there we descended to the FREE Civil War Museum located at the base of the monument.  Having recently performed a play about the Civil War with our homeschool co-op, we found the exhibits very interesting. Even the 2-yr. old enjoyed it!

 On the way out Luke (the 2 yr old) tripped and fell in front of the monument.  We sat on the steps and tried to stop his lip from bleeding, and while there a friendly man came up and asked if he could interview us.  He was John Strauss, program producer and host for WIBC 93.1 FM, located on the circle.  After interviewing us about our activities that day, he gave us an unexpected, behind-the-scenes tour of the radio station.  The entire interview was played after the 6 pm news, and it was a thrill for all of us to hear ourselves on the radio. Truly it was a day of adventures!

On such days as these I love living in Indianapolis. And that’s without even mentioning the Colts, the art museum, the zoo, the Speedway museum, the canal, the low cost of living, the symphony, the theatres, the public parks, the rich soil for growing, the weather,  and the GREAT friends we have here.

On Wednesday night we saw a lunar eclipse. It was cool to watch. We went to church that night, and on the way there, we had noticed how full and bright the moon was. Then, after church, when we came back outside, it looked only about half full. During the next hour or so, we watched the moon grow smaller and smaller, until all of it was in shadow. One thing I thought interesting was that the part of the moon that was covered was still visible. Even when the whole thing was in shadow, we could still see it; it just wasn’t shining. It was really neat to see a lunar eclipse. I had never seen anything like that before.