The Aquarium and the City.
This morning we had Hell morning. Callum again didn't sleep too well overnight, and this morning when he got up he decided that screaming would be the main activity of the morning. We were meant to meet up with Anth's childhood best friend and her family at 10:00am. This got pushed out by first half an hour, and then an hour, and in the end we were an hour and a half late. This was compounded not just by Scream-O, but by Aidan deciding that he'd like to sleep in until 10:30am, and being virtually immovable to that time. When he did get up, and we tried to rush him, we got all the tics about his clothes, how he was sick, how he was hungry, along with finger in the mouth screaming. A truly delicious morning.
We drove into the city and parked at Crown Casino, and then walked across to the Melbourne Aquarium. Standing to wait in line, Aidan told everyone how his "pants were too tight". He was attacked by a giant mascot shark, whilst a guy walked along side him with a trombone playing the theme from Jaws. You have to love Street Theatre, don't you? I thought this would really freak Aidan out, but he quite enjoyed it. They then made him throw a toy squid into a net, so at least he calmed down enough to get through most of the exhibits. We met up with Paula and all got to go through without too much drama, and actually got to enjoy the main shark and underwater exhibits. They have a freaky frozen giant squid there at the moment, which I thought was impressive. I wouldn't want to come across one of those critters in The Deep.
From there, we went back over to the Crown Food Court and sat outside in the Melbourne brisk weather and had a good catch up. The four kids were relatively well behaved. When they left, Anth and I decided that we'd go up into Melbourne City for a look around. It started badly with Aidan screaming that he wanted to go "In the Car!" After walking for about 15 minutes he got the picture that we weren't going back to the car at that point. We went through the Bourke St Mall, up to the revamped Melbourne Central and back down Swanston Street. After that, we meandered back around Southbank before getting back to the car. This was all interspersed with some shopping, coffee, and carrying The Appendage on our hip whilst Aidan sat in the stroller like Lord Muck.
Tonight has seen the return of Natty, Woo Woo and Rex so Aidan is happy again. Tomorrow we head off to the foothills of the Dandenongs to catch up with Aunty Jen and Uncle Haircut, and hear about all of Ethan's adventures.
Ciao for Now, Melbourne Based Angry Dad.
We drove into the city and parked at Crown Casino, and then walked across to the Melbourne Aquarium. Standing to wait in line, Aidan told everyone how his "pants were too tight". He was attacked by a giant mascot shark, whilst a guy walked along side him with a trombone playing the theme from Jaws. You have to love Street Theatre, don't you? I thought this would really freak Aidan out, but he quite enjoyed it. They then made him throw a toy squid into a net, so at least he calmed down enough to get through most of the exhibits. We met up with Paula and all got to go through without too much drama, and actually got to enjoy the main shark and underwater exhibits. They have a freaky frozen giant squid there at the moment, which I thought was impressive. I wouldn't want to come across one of those critters in The Deep.
From there, we went back over to the Crown Food Court and sat outside in the Melbourne brisk weather and had a good catch up. The four kids were relatively well behaved. When they left, Anth and I decided that we'd go up into Melbourne City for a look around. It started badly with Aidan screaming that he wanted to go "In the Car!" After walking for about 15 minutes he got the picture that we weren't going back to the car at that point. We went through the Bourke St Mall, up to the revamped Melbourne Central and back down Swanston Street. After that, we meandered back around Southbank before getting back to the car. This was all interspersed with some shopping, coffee, and carrying The Appendage on our hip whilst Aidan sat in the stroller like Lord Muck.
Tonight has seen the return of Natty, Woo Woo and Rex so Aidan is happy again. Tomorrow we head off to the foothills of the Dandenongs to catch up with Aunty Jen and Uncle Haircut, and hear about all of Ethan's adventures.
Ciao for Now, Melbourne Based Angry Dad.
posted by Wes at 9:59 pm
1 Comments:
I love a good aquarium - I haven't been to one in a while. Charleston has a small one. The Mall of America has one too but I haven't been to that part yet.
I am in Charleston now - woohoo! I will have to fill you in on the details later ;)
Post a Comment
<< Home