Our Day at the Aquarium

The boys had a great time at our local aquarium. It is actually only about a five minute drive from the house, so we finally decided to become members and go more often. I also used the aquarium setting on my camera which was great when shooting the fish tanks, but not as great for the portrait shots. I switched the settings for some portraits, but most are a little fuzzy. Oh, and notice the boys' matching outfits. Aren't they cute! Thanks Terri for the cute helicopter shirts!

Be sure to watch the short video at the end of the post!



This is a fun boat exhibit where there is a flat screen TV that simulates driving the boat. The full size boat also vibrates. Dylan was too scared to try this last time, but he had fun driving this time!



Austin loved these frogs. He still makes a fish sound with his lips any time there is anything close to a fish tank and lately he has started making the sound for birds too.









The main attraction is this large sting ray tank. Unfortunately, none of the rays came up close and splashed the sides this time. Dylan was getting quite exasperated with them and finally proclaimed that we should move on to something else!






We tried to get a picture with both boys in the canoe, but Austin wasn't having any part of it! Dylan loved posing for this picture.



Dylan is now trying to hide from the small sting rays in the tank above.






Like my new haircut? I decided to go a little shorter for the summer.






This is the piranha tank. We were trying to get a good picture of the teeth, but they are hard to see.



The boys loved playing in these kids caves. It was hard to get both of them together, so this was the best shot. Taking pictures was much easier with only one moving target! The staff have story time weekdays at noon in these caves. I think we will try and go this summer now that we are members :-)

This is a short video at the aquarium. The quality is a little low since it was from my digital photo camera and not my video camera. But, it works well for short videos. Notice how much Dylan loves to talk and repeat himself ;) Enjoy!