We’ve been out gallivanting the past couple of days, partly because Sam is cranky and partly because it keeps my mind off from Emily’s yarzheit, at least a little. Sam and I went to the Aquarium yesterday and she was thrilled to see the penguins and watch the fishies. She loves the fishies. I had to carry her out of there screaming because she didn’t want to leave the fishies. We had lunch at Legal Seafood across from the Aquarium and she charmed everyone. She really wanted to watch the lobster tank, so we watched those for a bit. One of the waiters took one out for her to pet, but she didn’t want to go that far, she just wanted to look at them. The restaurant also had a big fish tank with two little clown fish like Nemo that she spotted right away. Definitely a winner. She ate some of my calamari, just a couple of tentacles, but that’s pretty good for a toddler!

Today we took the T back down to the waterfront because there was no way I was driving through that construction again if I could help it. The red line stops a couple of blocks from the Children’s Museum. We had another gorgeous, sunny, warmish day to roam the docks. We met Leslie at the milk bottle in front of the Children’s Museum and headed over to the Barking Crab for lunch. Sam was thrilled to see two low flying helicopters and one further away, plus a goose and numerous seagulls nearby. She had some of my soft-shelled crab, but was pretty content with her snack of grapes. We walked a bit further on around the Federal courthouse and saw the big ferry boats and tourist cruises go by. She loved that too. That was about all she could take, although she demanded to get out of the stroller and walked for almost twenty minutes back to the T from the courthouse. She loved the T and wanted to know where the train was going. I told her about the little grey mice that live in the tunnels because if you are very quiet, sometimes they will come out and look for food. She asked me where the mice were the rest of the way home. We got back to the car, which, thankfully, had not been towed. I had to park illegally because the Alewife garage was full and there are no other public garages next to the T. Isn’t that crazy? She fell asleep within a minute or two of getting in the car, and I carried her up to bed. She is so sweet to hold when she is fast asleep like that. A beautiful, lively girl. Given how tired she was, I couldn’t believe what a good girl she had been during our outing. She just likes to be out and about a lot, I guess.