Fishy

Oh how I love this time of day! Liesel is "resting" on her bed. If I tell her she has to take a nap she fights it but if she just has to rest that means she can have some toys and books too. As long as her head is down on her pillow she just has to wait until I come and get her. Of course, she ends up taking a nap too but I don't have the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth to deal with. Ireland is fed, in a clean diaper and happily swinging right now. The swamp cooler is humming as it brings a nice breeze into the apartment. It's Wednesday so now I'm free to re-watch last week's episode of So You Think You Can Dance and feel fully prepared for tonight's show. And I can blog. Ahhhhh, my afternoons are the best!

Brent received two free tickets to the New England Aquarium at work. Then a co

worker gave him their two free tickets. I decided it was high time to take advantage of them so I dropped Brent off at work and headed downtown. This worked out well for Brent because he could spend a little more time at home in the morning and catch some of the World Cup games. Anyway, my plan was to go right when the Aquarium opened so I could get a spot in the metered parking. As luck would have it, there were a handful of spots still open right by Fanueil Hall which is a hop, skip and jump away from the Aquarium. When I handed over my two tickets for me and Liesel the ticket taker asked how old she was. Upon hearing she was just two he handed me back a ticket. Turns out she's free! That means we can take FOUR visits to the Aquarium this summer. Woot! One thing I like about the set up is they have a metal bar near the floor and wooden rails for smaller kids to step up so they can see better. Liesel liked climbing on those and suddenly becoming taller almost more than looking at all the fish.

I assumed Liesel would like seeing all the sea life but Ireland was completely enchanted too. Here she is under the black light. If the picture looks a bit strange, it's because she's in a sling. Liesel is in the background. She was so good about staying close to me and holding hands when we were crossing traffic to get there. I hope I don't sound cynical when I say I was surprised how good she was. One little boy took notice of Liesel and just stared at her while she ran around to the displays. I wonder what he thought of her...

We spent a fair amount of time watching the fish in the big tank. The sharks swam by a good half dozen times but they started getting closer and closer to the glass. Finally Liesel asked to get down because they were scaring her. Sorry the video starts out so dark. I was trying to capture Ireland looking at the fish. It lightens up after a few seconds.

I'm looking forward to going back to the Aquarium! Next time we'll tie in a lunch with Dad!