With your little cousins, of course, not because you want to see the giant Bubmblebee statue that was actually used in the original Transformers movie or the new Avatar exhibit they just put in....
Seriously, though, the Indianapolis Children's Museum is a great place for kids and adults. My 17-year-old-cousin and I took the two oldest of our batch of younger cousins as a Birthday present to the oldest (trust me, we tried taking all four to Chuck-E-Cheese a few years back, and though the kids will tell you they had a great time, it was ridiculously tiring for us, so stick to taking children in pairs if you're in the high school/college age range yourself). It was pretty fun. The boys loved the science/water world on the top floor (what kid doesn't) and even got into a couple exhibits that I honestly didn't think would keep a 9- and 10-year-old's attention (apparently serving the older cousins plastic fruit in an Egyptian marketplace is exciting stuff now-a-days). It made me feel good to see them get into something other than videos games (though be careful because there's an exhibit that has old-school games, and apparently I'm old-school now because they had a few PS2s there that the kids could play demo games on), and it was nice to see them interacting well with one another and the other kids (granted, they're little kids, so there's going to be squabbles here and there).
So my question to you: What's your favorite exhibit at the Children's Museum. I thought it was pretty cool seeing Bumblebee. :)
And my challenge to you: If you've got younger cousins or little siblings, take them somewhere fun. They may not express in words how grateful they are that you spent the day with them, but through their actions you'll see how much fun they have and how much the day means to them.
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