Ahoy there loyal dog blog readers. There's been a lot of hullaballoo recently about the fact that Baby M (or Mini as she is now referring to herself) is about to turn two. Cards and packages have been arriving for her at such a torrid pace that I'm sure that she's singlehandedly keeping Canada Post afloat. And what about this meagre basset? Nada! Zilch! Well, actually I have to give a warm shout out to my cousin Malarkey from Ottawa who sent me a pretty sweet tartan bandana. For the rest of you, I expect this one-sided favouritism to end pronto! I like treats and chewy toys. I also accept cheques and money orders. They can be made out to first name: Mister, middle name: Period, last name: Burns.
See that grin on her face? Mini knows she's in for gifts galore come tomorrow.
Even though her second birthday is actually tomorrow, the festivities got underway today with a family trip to the Vancouver Aquarium.
Madeleine gets a close up look of... something!
Opa quite literally lent Madeleine a helping hand with a tour of the exhibits.
The ladies are happy.
I took this nice family portrait, although I wonder where Mom wondered off to?
Grandma and Madeleine in front of the baby Beluga exhibit. 
Baby Beluga is of course one of Madeleine's favourite tunes, but I wonder if that is still the case after one of the great fish, or mammal I suppose, gave us all a good soaker! This is Madeleine before, in the interests of decency, I'll refrain from posting the after shot.
Grandma and Madeleine in the aptly-titled "Splash Zone".
The Birthday Girl.
Baby M with her Papa.
I'm not too sure why there's a baby Kermit car ride in the Aquarium but obviously Madeleine got a real kick out of it.
Come back tomorrow to get the inside scoop on what went down at Mini's party. Burns man out!
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