spring break + nephews = a trip to the aquarium.

We took the nephews to the Vancouver Aquarium last week.  Forgot that it was Spring Break for many schools so the place was packed with kids galore.  Fun was had by all...searching for a cave-hiding octopus, touching sea anemones, watching/helping Dora the Explorer save Amazon animal families, learning about the beluga whale melon, and, of course, searching for the sloth...until the very end, when what we expected to be an exciting Discovering Reef Sharks show turned out to be "so boring."  But we figured it was our cue that it was about time to go home, plus the fact that we had already spent about four hours there.  Managed to not lose anyone.  That is, if you don't count Auntie Kristin turning around for one moment to attend to the "bored" nephew, only to turn back and notice the other one was not where he was standing before.  A few minutes of minor frantic searching (let me remind you it was Spring Break in a dimly lit exhibition hall) and finally I spotted a shaggy blond top standing patienty with the shark lady host.

"I just wanted to ask her a question," says the inquisitive nephew.  Big sigh.

Regardless of a boring shark show, a short brothers time-out, and crusts on the lunch sandwich, I still think we scored some aunt/uncle brownie points.

Sporting cool 3D glasses for the Dora the Explorer movie.

Nemo found.

The scuba diver with the sharks wasn't that boring.