Journey to the Aquarium

Pietro couldn't take all of Labor day off, so he took today off to play in the Baltimore Aquarium with us. Here are the bubble tubes. No fish needed. He was delirious! How can we recreate this in his room at night?



We entered the Australian exhibit first. He was literally screaming with delight. I have never seen him so excited before. I think this is the best part of being a parent, seeing your child get so super happy about something. Fishes and turtles are his THING!



Here we are watching the diver volunteers get in the water. They were doing routine maintenance and feeding the sea turtle. Our turtle friend eats around 12 heads of lettuce per day.


I've never been scuba diving...I think it looks like lots of fun.


Pietro and Amedeo in the Amazon exhibit. We saw lots of birds. We learned that Amedeo is terrified of parrots, owls (or birds that look a lot like them), snakes and lizards. As my mom said, "He'll probably get into dinosaurs later." Yep. I agree.


Here's Pietro and Amedeo in the below water fish viewing area. It's at the end of the reef/shark thingie. The divers were feeding the fish, and one stopped to look at me. I'm looking at the fish, and he's looking at me. Weird. He waves and tells me in pantomime that he and I should go swimming together in the fish tank and that I should write my number down. Pietro and Amedeo were a ways off, so they missed this. Apparently, in dim light, with the water distortion, I have lots of sex appeal. Go me.



Have you ever dined with the extended Bernasconi clan? No? Well, to get a better idea of what mealtime is like, take a look at this picture.


Yep. I married into a family that does not talk when eating. They eat. Then talk when the food is gone. I'm more of a nibble, talk, nibble, talk kind of person. We ate lunch after we were done with the fish in the Harborplace Restaurant area. Amedeo shared pizza, pasta, and most importantly, chocolate cake with us. He was an angel the whole day.


Look at that, folks, he can eat cake with both hands. Tell me he isn't going to be an ambidextrous genius. (You know I'm kidding, right?!)


We had a lovely day.

Last week, I have (almost) completed Amedeo's fall jacket. I've been working on lots of sewing projects, but haven't had the energy to blog about them on my other blog. I can barely keep up with one. I'm glad I made this. Amedeo loves it since it has trucks on it. The inside is cotton and the outside is a really soft cotton/bamboo sweatshirt fleece. I've got mixed feelings about making children's clothes, since they grow so quickly and they tend to be hardheaded and fickle. But, I'm happy that he likes it.

Have a nice weekend, everyone!