Streetcar Ride and Aquarium

Usually when we go to the Aquarium I drive

and park in a parking garage pretty close to the Aquarium since they don't actually have their own parking. The Aquarium is not really that far from our house it is only just on the other side of the French Quarter but when you walk all the way there and then walk all around to look at the fish and then have to walk all the way home it is a lot of walking. I just discovered however that there is a streetcar line that stops about five blocks from the house and will take us straight to the Aquarium. Also this streetcar is only $1.25 for Adults (parking in the garage is $5.00). This is perfect for us, so Scott, Chance and I took the streetcar to the Aquarium. It was very pretty, this line runs between the french quarter and the river making for perfect views. Chance loved it. He sat on the seat next to me and let the wind blow through his hair. He was smiling and looking all around. The Aquarium was pretty busy since kids are out of school for Easter and so we didn't spend much time there,
we ended up walking back home. It was a fun leisurely walk. Once we got home Chance just wanted to go out again but we stayed in for the rest of the day. Chance loves being outside. He took a couple more steps today and stood up a lot of times. He is also saying a lot more things now that we are really trying to pay attention to what he is saying he says 'Mama', 'Dada' and 'No' a lot then he also says 'Up' and 'dis' and lately he has become fascinated with stop lights when we have to stop at a red light in the car he points and babbles but today when we were walking with him in the backpack he pointed and babbled at the stop light and I said "it's red" and he said 'red' just like that. He has started copying what we say like that a lot more even though I am not sure that he knows exactly what the words are yet.