VANCOUVER -- Tom Cruise took a break from dodging fireball explosions and leaping over parked cars on Wednesday to spend some quality time with wife Katie Holmes and their four-year-old daughter, Suri, in Vancouver.

The Hollywood megastar, who is in town filming Mission Impossible: 4, has had a hectic work schedule since arriving in Hollywood North in early December.

He has rarely been seen out with the family, who have been living at an exclusive downtown hotel.

While Cruise has been reenacting his secret agent character, Ethan Hunt, Katie and Suri -- and sometimes stepdaughter Isabella -- have taken in the sights and done some shopping.

But today, a beaming Cruise escorted his girls to Science World for an afternoon of learning about, er, Science. He carried a blanket for his daughter, who complained about being cold. Katie was dressed down, in a grandfather sweater and her hair up in a bun. Cruise wore dark sunglasses, and braved the cool Canadian weather in just a button-down shirt as they made their way into the building.

On Monday night, the family headed out to Simply Thai restaurant in Yaletown for dinner, surprising diners sitting at nearby tables.

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