A Mommy and Caroline Day

[puppetmaker]

Since Peter and Ariel were off at the state championships, Caroline and I were left to our own devices. One thing that Caroline had wanted to do for a couple of weeks now was to go to the Atlantis Aquarium in Riverhead. We have been bringing her there since she was almost two years old. She loves just sitting and watching the fish or the seals or the sea lions.

We got there and lucked into a prime parking space. It was around lunchtime so most of the people were in the cafeteria leaving the exhibits open for us. There were quite a few people there which is a good thing since I would hate to see this facility disappear on us. We walked past the various tanks looking at the fish and other marine life they have on display. We were sitting at the large tank when a shark then went by us with his mouth open upsetting Caroline, who use to just love to sit and stare at the sharks. That was my cue to get us some lunch.

After lunch Caroline played with the other kids in the Atlantis “dig” site (playground) for a while. We visited the snow monkeys who were rather agitated about something. We watched the penguins being fed and sat and watched the sea lions swim by the observation window. On the drive home Caroline declared that she wanted to be a vet and help all the animals in the world be healthy and happy. I told her that was a good goal to have. I could so see her as a vet.

We both went to bed early since we had been up late the night before and didn’t take a nap in the afternoon. Good thing too since we lost an hour last night due to Daylight Savings Time which I am against. Ariel had light when she was going for the bus. Not much but the sun was starting to come up. Now she has to go to the bus in the pitch black since the sun won’t be up for another 30 minutes or so. Caroline’s body clock is really set for standard time. It is going to be fun getting her to go to bed an hour earlier and get up an hour earlier. My personal body clock is set to standard time as well and it hates DST with the passion of a thousands suns. I got up with Caroline at 8:30 this morning (which was 7:30 yesterday).

Just to finish the story, Ariel’s team placed 6th out of 10 but Ariel did her best and worked through the adversity of some serious hand cramping. We are very proud of her and her efforts this bowling season.

I am grateful for places to take Caroline where we both have lots of fun.

Comments

[wickedsin.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Ariel bowled well and that Caroline had fun at the aquarium

I love DST, because it means the end of winter

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

I love going to the Boston Aquarium. I haven't been there in a long time. I'm glad you and Caroline had a good day! I hate the time change with a passion!

[lunalovegoddess.livejournal.com]

I'm happy that you had a good time with her.

As for DST, I'm against it. It's an outdated idea now that we have indoor lighting. Plus, my daughter is notoriously difficult to awaken as it is at 5:30. There is just barely light enough to see by when the kids catch their 6:50 bus, and she often is running late to catch it. What's normal for her body seems to be waking at 6am, regardless of what time she goes to bed.

[trinalin.livejournal.com]

I'm with you in the hate of DST. The scientific studies which have looked at DST have found that it saves no energy (indeed, often expends more energy) than Standard Time. Just move Ohio to Central Standard Time and be done with it, I say. ;-)

Well done to Ariel and her team! Let's face it, getting to State was the ultimate - where you place is mere icing on the cake. :-)

[readinggeek451]

I'm not fond of Daylight Saving Time, although it has it's good points. Namely that without it the sun would come up at four in the morning here in June/July instead of five (which is bad enough). I'd be a lot happier with it if it were still late April to early October. This is too early for it to start, and November is *way* too late for it to end.