Aquariums are for Posers
Spring Break 2010; we certainly had no intentions of sitting idly by and letting other party people have all the fun. So we said farewell to the gray skies and sloppy snow and hopped a plane or twelve to Boston. We had grand plans of visiting museums and cultural centers galore whilst local kids worked away at school. The incredible Boston aquarium featured prominently on the to-do list.
My children had other plans.
Arguably, an aquarium has fish and water, but hadn’t we just flown thousands of miles? Why come all this way and stop just short of the real deal?
Icy rain, micey-shmain, get thee to the beach. And so we did.
We piled on hats and scarves and braved the brisk breeze. I even convinced some of our party peeps to strike an impressive Spring Break pose. I call it, “Who Us? Nope. We’re Not Cold!”
The rain subsided and the wind even let up for a second or two and I was forced to admit that my children had made a brilliant choice. The beach was gorgeous and at just a half hour drive from the city I deemed it perfect, and decided to move in to one of the cozy mansions hugging the coast.
So I sold the children on the spot.
With these deep dreamy eyes and that impossible head of hair my nephew Miles commanded the big bucks–
I sold him to the first pirates that happened by. Sure we’ll miss him, but he feels great just picturing his auntie in her sweet new seaside digs. Here the girls are craning their necks for a glimpse of the ship laden with bags of gold for their own bounty.
Alas the ship never showed and so I was forced to pack up my un-purchased children and return home. Despite plummeting temperatures and the snow that keeps on coming, our snug little incubator of a dining room is showing signs of springtime success.
Our briccoli (that’s broccoli when sign-making is outsourced to local first graders) has sprouted. And you know what they say — where briccoli is sprouting, swiss chard won’t be far behind.
What? You haven’t heard that saying? Trust me; it’s all the rage with the pirates.
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We bought new tires and a dual screen DVD player for the car and headed to Tucson for Spring Break. On the way home, enjoying the blissful quiet of two children watching movies with headphones, we got a flat. A monster, tire-destroying, eat up the rest of the afternoon flat. I occupied the kids while Jason put on the spare (because the movies don’t play if the car is turned off) and nervously watched as the storm marched towards us. It was 3:15pm on Friday and we were an hour south of Pueblo. Would we beat the storm? Would we find a shop still open?
Luckily, Jason knew just what to do. We found the junkiest used tire shop we could find off the freeway. The guy there, with 2 whole teeth, told us he couldn’t help us but his eastside shop could. We headed out and found the shop – where they were doing haircuts in the garage before heading out to go drinking. They couldn’t repair the mangled tire, but magically had one that would fit. For $15. They could have charged us our firstborn son, and we would have paid it, but they didn’t. The lady at the liquor store next door even let us use their bathrooms.
Angels are out there.
I do have to say I once got to see the electric eel being fed at the Boston Aquarium. They had a voltmeter showing the electricity generated by the eel, and it was just about the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen!
Brrrrrr…… That looks cold. But beautiful.
Miles is too sweet. Love him.
Mmm, I love bricolli!
that was one of the best days ever..but be very careful when you let the children know that they have the best ideas…sometimes they use that against you
Your site looks great!
Love the pics by the ocean! I would have gone to see it too! I miss it.