More from the "Aquarium"

The new "aquarium" in town is turning out to be a well purchased family membership. Its centrally located between a lot of places we go. So when we need to kill some time, and going home wouldn't be worth it, the aquarium is a great place to spend 30-60 minutes.

Nathan has only been once. So since school got out early Friday, I chose to take him to the aquarium before it got too busy.

When you enter the "aquarium," you have to go through a room of animatronic dinosaurs. Ruthie is no longer fearful to enter. You have to admit, it's a weird thing for an "aquarium" to have. They even have a "dig site" where kids can dig for fossils. The kids asked to have their photo taken with this guy, he's one of the smaller dinos on display.

 

 

The girls like Izzy the lizard. This time he was outside, it was a nice day!

 

Faith is quickly becoming a crazy bird lady ;)

 

Nathan paniced when a bird landed on him. He spilled on all the nectar. The bird keeper was nice enough to not only refill it for us, but also help Nathan slowly adjust to holding the birds.

 

 

In the smaller bird cage, Nathan warmed up even faster.

And even Ruthie warmed up to the little birds!

 

 

This was her first time holding one - and enjoying it ;)

 

 

And Jonathan? He's still mesmerized by the birds. I put some more seeds on his tray so he could get a closer look. Jonathan has just recently discovered his hands... so in a week or two, putting seeds on his tray will not end well. But right now, he loves it. And so do the birds.

 

 

The kids fed the sting rays

 

And Nathan was the only one to listen and save some shrimp so he could feel the sharks, too ;)