The Aquarium

We took a Friday family field trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. The traffic was so horrible that it took us over an hour longer than we planned to arrive. We had happy travelers the first two hours - the last hour and a bit was filled with a lot of "are we almost there?" Turns out you can be very near somewhere, but if you are averaging 15 MPH, it still takes a long time to get there!


Moriah packed between Selah and Bella's car seats



Julia and Alyssa

Finally - Baltimore

The aquarium really is an awesome place, and the Friday night special price would be pretty affordable if you didn't have a dozen people.

I love Selah's enthusiasm; she told me a few times, "this is the first time I've been here, huh Mom?" It was the first time any of the kids had been there actually; the last time I was there, I was in the 8th grade.

Alyssa and Bella

Moriah with half her brothers

Elijah's hands - taken by Alyssa

This is the best group picture I got of the younger seven; we took several of all nine kids, but they were all too dark.

Part of every outing for the boys is waiting outside the girl's bathroom.

This was us hiking back to our van; parking a monster van in the city is always a huge ordeal since it's too tall for most parking garages. We walked past a full block line for a popular attraction and people kept commenting on the three little guys packed in the wagon. Yes, that wagon has been full worth the investment!