Outing with the kids, hooray!

[mdlbear]

I took the day off today so we could take the kids to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We were originally planning to have both of chaoswolf's girlfriends, but Anarchy flunked her summerschool class and got herself grounded. So it was just Chaos and Mayhem, plus our 10-year-old Emmy.

The aquarium was, as usual, wonderful. We've been members since about year after it opened, but there's something new every year -- Colleen and I would go even if the kids hated it. They don't, fortunately. They have a new exhibit of jellies (they don't call them "jellyfish" anymore, apparently, because they're not fish) plus art inspired by or somehow related to them -- my favorites were the various glass thingies.

It's also worth mentioning that the aquarium has a very good, sit-down restaurant (where we invariably have lunch), along with a decent cafeteria. It's an all-day expedition; Monterey is roughly a 2-hour drive.

Anyway, a good time was had by all. Much better than working.