Yesterday, we went to Sea Life Aquarium and to lunch at Rainforest cafe to celebrate Ben's half birthday!! Cousins David, Andy and Callie are at Camp Grammy this week so Alli, Ben, and I decided to join them for some fun!! The Aquarium just opened on Tuesday so we knew it would be busy and it was but thankfully Grammy got the tickets online so we didn't have to wait!! Then once you are inside it wasn't bad. It's a pretty cool place!! The big kids really enjoyed it! There were little caves the kids can go in and it makes you feel like you are in the tank with the fish! Then there is a tunnel where you walk under and over the tank! That was really cool! I think that was Ben's favorite part!! He loved looking at all the colors and fish moving around!!
Then there was the shark walk! This part has clear bottom cut outs where you can see the sharks! Andy was a little scared so he just stayed on the solid ground! Suprisingly, Alli liked this part!! I say that because when we were looking at the sting rays and shark tank earlier she got pretty scared when the shark swam by her! She jumped a couple times and then wanted some hugs and reassurance that the sharks couldn't get her! But, when the sharks were below her and she could see them before they got to close she liked watching them swim all around!!
After all the underwater fun we went to Rainforest Cafe to have lunch! All the kids liked the alligator out front while we were waiting! Then inside Alli liked the Gorilla (or monkey as she calls it) and was imatiting it!! Ben was a tired kiddo, he slept through lunch even with all the thunder and animal noises going on!
Then tonight we just hung out at home and played with the kids!! As you can see Alli loves her brother very much!! And Ben loves her so much! He is always watching her and just looks at her like she is so cool!!!
Alli before the shark...
Alli after the shark. She was not to sure about them!
The shark that swam up to her!
One of the sting rays saying hi!
Callie in the shark and sting ray tank!
Our sweet baby boy enjoying the fish!
The big kids! The boys really did have fun, you can't tell from this picture, but they did!!
The girls checking out the sharks!
The shark!
Andy holding on for dear life!
Ben and Grammy liked the sharks!!
The big boys in the tank!!
Ben and the girls in the tank!! See Callie holding her breath and swimming?!
The kids checking out the alligator!
Ben was out!!
Alli doing her monkey impression!
I was trying to get a picture of the 2 of them...
Alli just wanted to give Ben kisses!!
"Thanks Mom for saving me!"
"But hey where did she go?"
"Oh she's back!"
Our big 6 month old!!
