First the seeing fish part. On Wednesday we took the kids to the Living Planet Aquarium in Salt Lake. We've been there a few times before, but the kids love it each and every time.
There were so many times when the kids just got so excited to see something. Half of the time I don't think they had any idea what they were actually looking at, but they were exited none-the-less. Hailey's pose in this picture was how they all were pretty much the whole time. I think I heard "Mom, look at this!" about a hundred times.
This is all 4 of the kids on the "boat. They have a boat set up where you can go in and drive on the open water (well, the tv screen in front of you makes you feel that way). It's fun and the kids love it. It was quite the effort getting them all to look at the camera at the same time, but we did it.
I seemed to get a bunch of pictures with just the backs of their heads. But in a way that's good because it meant they were really enjoying what they were looking at (they are cute heads though aren't they?).
One of the favorite spots to stop is the fish petting pool. They have all kids of fish and stingrays that you can actually touch. The kids always thing this is fascinating, but I don't think one of them has been brave enough to touch anything yet. Jeremiah was the only brave soul this trip and touched a stingray as it swam by. Hailey and Zach actually put their hands in the water, but neither came anywhere near to touching anything and they were perfectly fine with that!
The boys absolutely love the shark tank. The sharks are very small, probably only 3-4 feet long, but scary enough to make them jump a few times when they swam by.
I think my favorite thing about the aquarium is the tropical fish tanks. All the brightly colored fish are so beautiful. Of course Nemo and Dori were the favorites to spot for the kids.
And the trip to the aquarium wouldn't be complete without playing in the coral - a little area where the kids can go around the coral and play in the tunnels and caves. We actually got all of them to stop for a picture - it was a miracle!
We had a blast at the aquarium and can't wait to go back again next year!
Ok, so that's the seeing fish part, so what about the being fish part? Well, that comes after we left the aquarium and went to Nana's house for lunch and playing in the pool. Yes, our kids are literally fish when it comes to playing in the water. They are in and out, jumping, laughing, and playing - they just can't get enough.
This time we had a slip 'n slide to play with too. Boy did the kids have fun running and sliding on the wet plastic. Hailey and Branson were practially unseparable as they wanted to go together down the slip 'n slide every time!
Zach had a perma-grin the whole afternoon as he went from the pool to the slip 'n slide and back again. He really is my little fish!
As as if the pool and slip 'n slide wasn't enough, we pulled out the squirt guns too.
So in all, it was a pretty fun day of seeing and being fish. We all were tired, but it was definitely worth it. We can't wait to do it again.
2 comments:
We need to go there again. We've only been once. I just remember thinking it was expensive. I think they have done a lot more to it now! Looks fun!
You got some really cute pictures, I love how we can blog and keep these memories forever!! See you Wed!
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