We decided to walk the kids (and Bosco) down to Aquatic Park in the morning to get some exercise and let Nikos enjoy the playground. It was a beautiful day and was pretty busy down by the waterfront since it was the annual Berkeley Shoreline Cleanup Day. (I think we will try to participate next year since Nikos will be at a better age - also, we completely forgot this year.) As we arrive at the park and are getting ready to let Nikos loose we see a few of the kids that go to Nikos' daycare. "Wow, what a coincidence!" was my first thought. Followed quickly by "Oh no you dumba**, this is not a coincidence, this is a birthday party that WE were invited too." Yes, in our box this past Monday was a little flyer about a 4th birthday for Kloe, to be held at Aquatic Park on Saturday. It asked that you bring some of your favorite foods to enjoy to help celebrate. Yes, here we are with NO food to share and NO gift for the birthday girl. Uh huh. Can you say feel like a jacka**? Just as Nikos starts running around and getting all excited for the playground I tell him to go give Kloe a birthday hug since we have to go...explaining to another parent that we had another commitment and just stopped by to say hello and happy birthday. Nice, huh.
After we drag Nikos away from his friends and the park we decide to walk over to Adventure Playground in the Berkeley Marina, since Taki has never been. On our way over we see a bunch of people cleaning up the shoreline, including a troupe of unicyclers, which was pretty exciting, at least for Nikos. Okay, I thought it was cool too. I'm assuming they hopped off the unis to do the actual cleaning? We arrive at our destination to conveniently find a sign announcing "We're Closed Today. Join us at Shoreline Cleanup!" Great. Parents of the Year, dragging our toddler to
to multiple parks and then telling him, "You can play at the next one!"
We finally ended up at a little park at the marina, down the street from the playground. While there were no real amenities, Nikos enjoyed throwing rocks into the water and watching the windsurfers.
On the way back we were walking on the bridge (next to and above the Aquatic Park Lake) and we saw a STINGRAY in the water. What?? I know. Totally bizarre.
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It was probably a Skate which resemble stingrays. The Bay Aquarium taught our family that Skate live in cold seas; whereas rays live in warm seas and in some tropical rivers.
Wow, look how smart my friend BTMS is! :)
Oh and poor Kloe.
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