Off to Explore the Seattle Aquarium...




Its so nice to have a family day, no other obligations, no work, a daddy in town, the cleaning can wait...this family needs some fun!

Dave and I have been wanting to take the kids to the Aquarium for weeks now and finally we have the chance. They were so excited, Harry more so about seeing the octopus and touching a live crab (fingers crossed he will experience both today)

We headed in to town on a horrible Seattle day. Gray, wet, rainy, bad drivers...what a bla day. It really is a good day for sleeping in and staying in your pj's. But never the less, it we were going to get to the Aquarium, we had told the kids and there was no backing out now!

First stop was lunch, boys were getting grumpy and it was close enough to lunch, we thought lets look at fishies on a full tummy! So we headed to Red Robin for the some yummy steak fries and burgers. It was great eating out as a family again, watching all the boats going in and out of Puget sound, even though wet and gray, there is something about being indoors, looking out of the water, eating hot fries!

The Aquarium held quite the drama on arrival. After waiting outside in the freezing cold for 15mins or so to get in, the line finally made it in the doors. Only to see a little boy about Thomas's age, distressed and crying at the door. It was very clear that he was lost. My mommy instincts clicked in straight away and my heart went out to this little boy. The boys and I took him over to the counter so we could let a staff member know. We stayed with him and the boys talked with him. A few mins later a very upset and emotional mom came and claimed him. What a reminder for me and the kids to stay close and not go off without us. I gave my boys a little talk and we were off to explore, Dave with Thomas and Harry with me. It was soooo crowded, it was not the place to get lost!

Harry's favorite thing today...The star fish and touching a real live crab and not getting bitten. They have wonderful rock pool areas where you can touch crabs, starfish and lots of other cool things I'm not even going to try and spell...lol!
Harry's least favorite thing today...The "dead" sleeping eel in the bottom of the tank. He did not believe us that it was just resting, it really was! He was convinced the eel had died from eating something bad.

Thomas's favorite thing today...Having a small Nemo painted on his face and watching the waves wash in through a hole in the rock pool wall. The anticipation for him was great