Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Downtown Aquarium

Last weekend it was cold, windy and snowing so we headed to the Downtown Aquarium. It was a great way to spend a chilly winter day.

When you first enter the aquarium there is an old scuba suit for photos. Of course, Keith volunteered to take the picture if I jumped inside and I gladly agreed. Oliver was enthralled and amazed through the whole aquarium. I think his brain was going a mile a minute so he didn't have time to crack many smiles. He was in serious concentration mode. Keith and I had plenty of smiles to go around though. Well, Oliver was also working on cutting two bottom molars so maybe he wasn't quite in the mood for toothy grins.
There was a lot of finger pointing by Oliver through the aquarium. Even if he wasn't looking at what he was pointing at. There was also a lot of "WHOA!" with exitement. This is a new phrase that Oliver uses frequenty. It is very cute to hear. I haven't caught it on video yet but I'll work on that.
Mama and Oliver with the Sting Ring on approach.
Oliver loving the fish that were at a one-year old eye level.
We found this BIG fish just lounging around and Oliver thought he was quite interesting. He pointed and talked up a storm. I'm not sure if he was telling us about the fish or telling the fish about us.
Then the fish began to move....

This made Oliver a little nervous and he turned right around to have Dad rescue him.
I think Oliver is probably in deep concentration here. Such concentration that he is wringing his hands! He is WAY to young to have so much concern already.
The aquarium has some HUGE fish tanks that even go over your head. It was tough to get decent photos but here is one of Keith and Oliver enjoying the view.
These were potbelly sea horses. Keith was comparing the sea horse belly with Oliver's.
This was a big shark that was swimming above us in one of the overhead tanks.
I just like this photo of Oliver staring up at the big tanks.
Here he was talking to some other kid that was standing next to me, probably telling him all about the fish in the tank. He has read all about them in "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, ya know.
Another big tank with a really BIG shark!
At the end of the exhibit there was a balloon stand.
We should have guessed that Oliver would have been all smiles for his balloon sword.
Good thing the balloon wasn't at the beginning of the exhibit or he would have never noticed the fish.
Family Self Portrait!
We had a great day and look forward to going back to see the fish again soon.

No comments:

Related Posts with Thumbnails