Our Weekend - 23 months

We enjoyed another visit to the Aquarium of the Pacific. Early Saturday morning Jon and I were talking about what to do that day and I said, maybe we could go to the aquarium. Avery immediately got so excited and started talking about fishies. We proceeded to go for a run at the beach, the whole time she kept asking to see the fish, very upset that we had to go back home first before leaving for the aquarium.

We drove to the aquarium in mommy's new 2007 Highlander Hybrid, super fun. When we got there we went straight to the 3 story high aquarium. It happened that a diver was in there, giving a little talk to the kids, which just finished as we walked up. Avery weaved her way through all the visitors, up to the glass. Several other young kids were standing there already with their hands on the glass and the diver started touching their hands with his through the glass. Avery placed her hand on the glass and he touched her hand too, which scared her and she started backing away. The diver started making silly gestures at her to be less scary. He was very sweet and even played peek-a-boo with her. I stood with her and encouraged her and she stood and watched him but she wouldn't go up to the glass again until he was long gone. Now she talks often of the diver.

Then we got to see sea lions and seals give a great show. There is a glass tunnel kind of thing and they swim all around there. It is my favorite part of the aquarium. We also waited forever to pet the star fish and sea anemones. We spent a couple of minutes there and as we finished she kept saying more, more. We decided not to wait in the line again as she had cried most of the wait the first time around. All-in-all it was a great visit and I am so glad we are members so we can go for just an hour every now and again.

Then we went to Wahoo's and Avery chowed down on a quesadilla and black beans. She seems to be going through a growth spurt as evidenced by how tight her 2T swimsuit is in this picture. Sunday we met friends at the beach with our kids and dogs. It was fun, but we all agreed, next time no dogs, so the kids can go play in the water.