The Harbor Islands

We slept until 8am! I know this probably sounds early to most people but it is late when you have a nine month old who thinks 6am is sleeping in! We decided to go to the Harbor Islands today since the weather was nice. The ferry ride was fun. We went to Georges and Spectacle Islands. We walked around the fort and then took another boat ride to Spectacle Island. The ride was rough and we got pretty wet! I was glad to get off of the boat. We walked all around the island. The island was basically created as a landfill but you would never know it. By the time we were finished exploring we were exhausted so we took the ferry back to Boston. We ate dinner at Au Bon Pain and headed back to the hotel for the night. We were too exhausted for any more walking! Monday was suppose to be a stormy day so we planned on going to the aquarium. We walked through Boston Common on the way there and it started raining. By the time we got to the aquarium it was bright and sunny so we decided to walk on the Freedom Trail first. After we finished we grabbed some lunch at Quizno's and then headed to the aquarium. They have a neat jelly fish exhibit that we went to first. We spent the majority of our time watching the penguins. It was fun watching them swim underwater and chase the shadows the people were making in the water! It reminded us of our cat Zoe chasing the sunlight when we open the front door! Michael loved watching the sharks swimming in the big aquarium. I tried to take his picture next to the shark as it swam by but it didn't turn out very well. We went outside to watch the seals. They look like they are having so much fun! We walked to the top of the big aquarium and listened to a question and answer session about all of the animals in the tank. There was a huge sea turtle and a cobia swimming at the top as well as a big eel! The eels freak me out!!! After the aquarium we went to dinner at Regina Pizzeria. It is a local pizza joint that opened in 1926. The pizza was awesome!