Monday Nixon and I met a friend and her son who were visiting from my hometown, and we spent the day in Baltimore. A big portion of our time was spent at the Baltimore Aquarium. On a Monday. Which was rainy. And had a bunch of field trip school groups. Hello, people overload!
Most of these kids were pushy and just rude. Some of the adults were too.
Nixon was on point with his manners. Lots of "excuse me" when he tried to get to a tank and there were people in the way.
At one point, I was beaming with pride. Nixon had just said "Excuse me please" to a couple as he moved towards a tank. I was a few feet behind him, and the couple turned to walk away. The guy said "That was the most polite kid we've run across all day." I said, without missing a beat, "Thank you, he's mine", and the guy continues "Well done mom. You weren't prompting him or anything, he's very polite. You should be very proud!" I am.
Sure, Nixon did have his freakout moments and he did fly through the exhibits that he found uninteresting and he may or may not have tried telling a group of people to "be quiet" because they were too loud and hurting his ears (he did do that), but he was awesome overall. Well, minus asking me to carry him up and down stairs because he was afraid of them. But hey, he was just making sure I got the most of out of day out together, kind of like my very own little heavy bag!
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| Nixon "instructing" the dolphin show...no one knew he was doing it but me |
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| In love with jellfish |
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| Holy upside-down jellyfish! Gross but cool. |
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| Reach out and touch...the really thick glass tank. haha |
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| A catfish with a head bigger than Nixon's torso! This thing was the chillest part of the visit, he just came over and sat at the glass looking at us. Even I had to admit, he was kind of cute. |
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