Trip to the aquarium with Grandpa and Grandma (with pictures mostly by Tom)
Though most of our time with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Pat was spent at home (or in Mexican restaurants) we did one short day of international travel.
The story behind this trip is this:
During the long evenings of raspberry season the kids and I had quite a few popcorn parties before bed. I got tired of just watching a show with them, so I started telling them stories about my childhood. Since Hale claimed that most of my childhood stories were sad (Hale: "Mom, we don't want to hear this story if it ends with one of your pets dying") we started exercising our imaginations instead. One night I told the kids to imagine that we had a jumbo jet parked on our driveway. "Where would you fly in it?" I asked. Hale was quick to respond that he would "fly to Minnesota to pick up Grandpa and Grandma and then I would fly it someplace that had an aquarium". I was kind of surprised by his answer because we'd never talked about aquariums before. I made note of his wish and mentioned to G and G the next day that they should pack their passports when they came. [For the record, Zetta's wish was to fly to Grandpa and Grandma's house and take a bath (the kids love their bath toys). Hopefully we can grant her wish soon, too.]
So when Grandpa and Grandma arrived we planned a day that we could go to Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC to see the aquarium and walk the sea wall. We left Merritt at home, knowing that the aquarium would probably be crowded and I didn't care to be pushing a stroller.
We saw the Beluga whale show. Hale said of it later "My friends couldn't believe it when I told them that the Beluga whales spit water on people who WEREN'T EVEN WEARING THEIR SWIMSUITS!"
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Hale loved the frog exhibit. They were good hiders, so Zetta was a little frusterated ("I don't see him!!!")
Zetta's favorite was seeing the clown fish ("Nemo!!!!")
The hands down winner was, of course, the dolphin show. It just happened to come last and was the perfect finale. Since we'd baked in the sun at the Beluga show we went a little early to stake out a good seat.
The story behind this trip is this:
During the long evenings of raspberry season the kids and I had quite a few popcorn parties before bed. I got tired of just watching a show with them, so I started telling them stories about my childhood. Since Hale claimed that most of my childhood stories were sad (Hale: "Mom, we don't want to hear this story if it ends with one of your pets dying") we started exercising our imaginations instead. One night I told the kids to imagine that we had a jumbo jet parked on our driveway. "Where would you fly in it?" I asked. Hale was quick to respond that he would "fly to Minnesota to pick up Grandpa and Grandma and then I would fly it someplace that had an aquarium". I was kind of surprised by his answer because we'd never talked about aquariums before. I made note of his wish and mentioned to G and G the next day that they should pack their passports when they came. [For the record, Zetta's wish was to fly to Grandpa and Grandma's house and take a bath (the kids love their bath toys). Hopefully we can grant her wish soon, too.]
So when Grandpa and Grandma arrived we planned a day that we could go to Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC to see the aquarium and walk the sea wall. We left Merritt at home, knowing that the aquarium would probably be crowded and I didn't care to be pushing a stroller.
We saw the Beluga whale show. Hale said of it later "My friends couldn't believe it when I told them that the Beluga whales spit water on people who WEREN'T EVEN WEARING THEIR SWIMSUITS!"
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Hale loved the frog exhibit. They were good hiders, so Zetta was a little frusterated ("I don't see him!!!")
Hale did his best to help her out.
Zetta's favorite was seeing the clown fish ("Nemo!!!!")
They had a special jellyfish exhibit going. They've never been my favorite creatures, but it was surprisingly captivating.
The hands down winner was, of course, the dolphin show. It just happened to come last and was the perfect finale. Since we'd baked in the sun at the Beluga show we went a little early to stake out a good seat.
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| Smile! |
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| A NICE smile please! |
After the aquarium we walked the seawall for a while. Some of us walked, some biked...
and some were carried!!
It was a really fun day! Thanks to Grandpa Tom for taking such great pictures!
posted by Van Dyk Family at
3:03 PM
2 Comments:
Hi there! Nice stuff, do keep me posted when you post again something like this!
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You managed to hit the nail upon the top and also defined out the whole thing without having side effect , people could take a signal. Will likely be back to get more. Thanks
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