Aquarium and Blink

We have been having so much fun that I've totally forgot about writing about it. Before Christmas we took a trip to the Museum of Science (no pictures) one day and the Aquarium another. Since it wasn't so crowded either places we let her go and just followed her. When we went to the Aquarium, we took the train into the city so we wouldn't have to worry about parking. Of course Elinor made a liar of me and was an angel on the train in front of Dave. Our commutes lately have been...interesting.

I didn't know before getting there but the Aquarium is under construction until July. If you have ever been there then you know there is a huge tank that goes through the middle. We usually walk up and around the outer loop tanks then walk down the middle watching fish, turtles and sharks. The whole middle tank is closed with tarps all over it. They said everything had been replaced in different areas except the penguins which are on vacation. There were little blue penguins there though. The admission was cheaper and we were offered a free IMAX which we forgot to go to until we were leaving. I'm sure Elinor wouldn't have sat through much of it anyway. It was fun but I felt like it should've been cheaper with the construction going on. Maybe if we went to the IMAX then I would feel different.

 When you first walk in they replaced the penguins with a lot of the guys from the middle tank

 I think this was our favorite part. Jellyfish in a tube!

 she never stops

Since we took the train and didn't have to worry about meters or paying to park, we headed over to Faneuil Hall to see Blink. Lights blink and switch color to the music of the Holiday Pops.  It was so beautiful and Elinor loved it. Blink is still going on until Dec 30th. If you live in the area and haven't gone yet you should check it out!

Elinor was singing along to the music. I tried to get a video of it but she stopped humming along when I started. The video is still cute and I will post it soon. 

August 25th

Dorie's birthday! We had planned on taking her to this science center with nature trails and frogs and turtles all the things she loves but as we were driving there it started it rain. Just like last year. Dave said how about the Aquarium since we were still in Boston and Dorie says well that's what I wanted to do in the 1st place. Oh silly sassy 4 year old.
We picked her up from school and gave her presents

 and a puzzle not shown. obviously the scooter stole the show

Then we headed to the Aquarium.

We went out to eat at My Thai after the Aquarium. Dorie loves their bubble tea. He favorite part is the "blueberries" at the bottom. She shared my chicken and broccoli and chicken fingers. She sometimes won't try new things so she was excited to get chicken fingers. We didn't tell her they weren't real until the end. The whole time she kept saying how great they were and then when we told her she didn't believe us. We also got a piece of chocolate cake to bring home for later. We split it in 3 (birthday girl got the biggest!) and sang happy birthday. It was a fun day!