A big couple of weekends… Mum took LR and her best friend to go and see the stage performance of Mamma Mia, RJ and Dad spent the day building projects and eating sushi, RJ catches a birthday party with his friend C., and Dad took RJ and LR off to the aquarium!
LR and I. are SUPER excited to be seeing the live performance of Mamma Mia!
(over breakfast)
RJ: I really want a pet angler fish.
Dad: There’s a problem. They’re really only happy when there’s thousands of pounds of pressure on them, and an aquarium that could do that would be very expensive and big.
RJ: Maybe we could change the fish somehow.
Dad: Like what, change its DNA and genes or something?
RJ: Yeah! Give it new genes!
Dad: What genes would you add?
RJ: Frog genes. Then it could be an angler fish with jumping legs!
… Is anyone else terrified by the idea of a 1.5 metre semi-amphibious predatory angler fish? I have visions of them lurking around coastal areas and leaping on unsuspecting swimmers.
RJ and Dad took a trip to the aquarium on the weekend. Lots of exploring, ten rides up and down in the lift, and a bit of confusion over which of the 10 sharks is really called, “Sharky”.
RJ introduces me to one of his best mates at the aquarium, "Sharky".
According to RJ, the most interesting thing in this tank was the equipment the staff uses to feed the fish.
Surprisingly, the lift is a big attraction with our kids. (Insert elevator music here).
The sea lions have gone! No more sea lions! We now have a HUGE coral reef tank instead.
Okay, we've seen everything, we're outta here, bye!!!
January was a really busy month! With the kids on summer holidays, we had lots of activities during the week and on the weekends. While down south we also did a bit of fishing, life-size animatronic dinosaurs came to town, we caught up with some friends and grandparents, and lots of wildlife around our house stopped in to say ‘Hello!’
A total of 5 very small fish caught over two nights -- the kids rated it a massive success!
