aquarium

We took a trip up to the aquarium at the end of June. We have passes that are about to expire, so we had to get at least one more use out of them this summer. The last few times we have gone, we have noticed the stingray feeding, but have not been able to get tickets. I told the girls that next time we came, we would make sure we got to do that. Easier said than done. They don't do any kind of reservations for the feeding online or by phone, so you just have to show up and hope that you get there before they are sold out. We got lucky this time!! It was a pretty slow Tuesday, so it worked out perfectly.

This was the first time that we tried to go somewhere like this without Maddi in her stroller. Since it wasn't very busy, I thought I would brave it. It started out fine, but after a while she started running ahead and not sticking by us. At one time, we came out of the bathroom, she ran ahead, and we could find her anywhere. We quickly looked through all the exhibits. Just as I was thinking I might need to ask for help, I found her in the little photo booth they have by the gift shop. Great hiding spot!  (SCAREY!)

Here are Kimee and Audrey getting ready to go feed the stingrays.

 Listening to instructions...

 Maddi snuck in with the group...

They both ended up being to scared to hold the food in their fingers, so they used these little feeder tongs.

Maddi had a lot of fun playing in the little kids play area, and also in the party room reading some books and doing puzzles.

Wow, by the end I was pretty exhausted (from chasing Maddi)!