At the end of February we made another trek to Vancouver to stay in Opa's condo and have a little getaway. This time Belle came along for the ride! It definitely made the trip quite a bit different. We had to plan for nap times, earlier bed times, faster meals at our favorite creperie and not as much walking around downtown. We still had a good time, but it was a lot more work!! One of the highlights of the excursion was going to the Vancouver Aquarium. We kept going back and forth over whether or not we should go and finally decided to bite the bullet, pony up the moola and go. It was well worth it! We saw dolphins, belugas, octopus, some really huge fish (can't remember the name now), snakes and so much more! We were able to watch them feeding the dolphins and saw them performing some of their tricks. We spent a few hours there and had a blast.
The second highlight of the trip was swimming in the condo pool with Annabelle. She seems to have an ever-increasing joy for swimming and being in the water. She has always seemed to enjoy being in the water but this time she was SO excited. We spent about an hour swimming and she jumped in so many times that I couldn't keep track. She also loves to try and paddle around and kick her feet as we hold her. She was laughing and smiling the whole time! On the day we were leaving we were going to take her swimming and when we went down we saw the pool was closed for cleaning! Eeeek! What a disappointment. She was so excited to swim again and it was hard to explain to a 2-year old that the pool is closed for cleaning. We decided later that week to go to a family swim at our local aquatic center in Bellingham. I think she got over the original disappointment. ;)
How is it that sea otters are so darn cute. Seriously. I love 'em.
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