Some fish fun

Today we headed to the aquarium with the Moeller's and Ewing's. The aquarium is new so none of us had gone. All the kids were especially excited and maybe the parents too. We thought we would try to beat the crowds and show up first thing in the morning. Well it didn't work. First of all it was hard to find parking and then once we were inside there was back to back people. The kids didn't seem to notice at all. They waited patiently for there turn and just enjoyed being with each other. Our first stop of the day was at this feeding tank. Miss Dawn found the kids some seaweed to feed the fish. They had a great time feeding the fish and trying to pet them. Ashley was a little timid and would only put in the tip of one of her fingers in. She also wasn't keen on the seaweed.

Ashley moved herself on to an exhibit where they were all contained but then a worker came by and took the tree frog out to get a closer look.

Ashley was fine keeping her distance and didn't seem to nervous until the frog jumped off of his hand. Guess what it was time to move on again. It is funny to see this side of her because she is our most adventurous kid just not with live things.

As we continued to move through it became clear that the favorites exhibits were the ones they could touch things at. There was a boat filled with clams. The iguana out of its cage. The shark and sting ray tank Ashley even got more daring. This was close to the end and I think she had got more comfortable watching everyone else. Of coarse having Miss Dawn by her side might have something to do with it too.

We had a great time at the aquarium. I loved riding home and listening to the girls talk back and forth about their favorite parts. Madison was defiantly the most daring. Which is quite a different twist to the normal. I love that all three of them enjoyed themselves and didn't feel like it was too young or too old for them. It will be fun to go again.

A side note: Allison and Ashley are 100%. We had a few rough days but for the most part it wasn't that bad. I think the hardest part for me was the lack of sleep. I am now all caught up on my sleep thanks to my wonderful in-laws that took the girls for a few days. The girls came back to a new mom and they came back refreshed themselves. We survived two getting their tonsils out and now I will tell you it was a good idea to do them both at the same time. There was a few moments where I thought it might have been easier to do them separately.