aquarium

traveling in style

red line-green line-blue line,  there!

she did not want to get off

imax!

over the weekend we took the kids into boston for a visit to the new england aquarium.

ivy loves animals- i mean, i think all kids do - and loves to take the train so she was really excited. 

around town, we usually walk and sometimes take a cab...

 so the train is an adventure (for the record, i will not miss the T).  

she also associates trains with donuts because there's a dunkin donuts at our stop

and we usually treat her to a munchkin for the longest journey ever stroll home. 

annnyway... the aquarium was fun, kinda crowded, and her favorite was the seals. 

i also took her to her very first little movie at the aquarium IMAX and i was so excited!

it was under the sea 3D -- 45 min. 

(we lasted 20.)

she was sooo excited at first, in a quietly amazed way.

her movie seat kept folding up on her - haha, so she wanted to sit in my lap. 

we got some popcorn, put our glasses on and the movie started.

at first, she was loving it, trying to touch the things that look like they are right in front of you.

it was so cute.

but then fish started snapping and things started getting jumpy and her little body would flinch.

i was flinching too and i wished it would just stop but it didn't.

i gave her her favorite granola bar hoping that would ease her.

a few minutes later, i asked if she wanted to stay or go.

"go" she whispered back.

i got our things, took her hand to carry her out and felt her hand clinched around her uneaten granola bar, it just falling to pieces. poor thing!! 

i am being kind of dramatic.

it really wasn't that bad, and she was totally fine afterwards,

telling her friends she saw "a huge movie".

then we rode the carousel and all was good again.

this is so long.

whatevs.

the end.