Aquarium

A few weeks back Clement and I saw his Uncle DooDoo (aka Dave, but Clem says DooDoo, so that's his new name forever and always) and cousin Morgan at the New England Aquarium.  Clem hasn't been there in over a year, certainly not since he could walk, so this time it was very fun.  We spent most of our time at the huge fish tank, where they were unfazed by sharks.

                                

And the top of the tank, where everything looked glittery and flat

But my two favorite moments were not captured on film!  The first was when Clem was looking into the tank on the lower level, and a diver swam by while feeding the fish.  He floated right in front of Clement and pointed at his own air mask, then pointed at Clement's pacifier, then back to his air mask and again at Clem's pacifier, then gave him the thumbs up!  The second was at the octopus tank, where for the first time ever, I saw the octopus out and awake - and it was awesome!  So big and lively, and what seemed like a million tentacles all curling calmly.  I was all amazement, Clement was more interested in the exit door.

DeCordova

So, John is back at work, which means that Clem and I get to go on weekday adventures again!  We took advantage of a warmer day to do to the DeCordova in Lincoln.  First we took a little trek on the paths near the pond.

 

It got pretty warm, so for a bit we even went hatless!  Here's Clem in front of an Albert Paley sculpture.  Paley has a bunch of metal stuff all over the country, including a gate in downtown Boston, and it was on a search for one of his gates in Tennessee that my dad & I got to talk to the artisans who fixed up the Graceland Gate when the Killer crashed into them with his car.  His (Paleys) later stuff is more blocky, but still pretty interesting, especially when you whack it with the flat of your hand, as Clem found out quickly.

As the afternoon went on, back with the hat, here at the front door patio of the Museum.  We missed going into climb on the three-story staircase, but we'll be back soon...