Living Planet Aquarium

On Thursday we went to the Living Planet Aquarium with my aunt, my cousins & my cousin's kids (not sure if that makes them 2nd or 3rd cousins to my kids--either way, they had a blast!!)

They have all kinds of cool aquatic creatures...

Electric Eel

...crocs

...Here's a little water dog.

The tropical fish made me want to go snorkeling in Hawaii--that was always one of my favorite things to do over there!!--I even went snorkeling when I was 9 mo's pregnant (3 days past due, actually) with Leka! :)

(well, not with Leka, with my mom--but pregnant with Leka--I'm sure you figured that out, though.)

A great place for learning & inquisitive little minds (not to mention busy little fingers!)

This little sting ray was So cute!--if I had a fancy aquarium I would want one.

This little thing was so cute, too ;) :)

Austin had this look of wonderment at the shark tank.

(Duh-Duh..)

The coolest exhibit is the one where you could pet the sting rays(!)...Austin was content to just watch them.
Leka got in on the action.

I didn't know octopuses (octopi?)..were so gross looking :p

Still cool, though.

My adorable Aunt Gigi.

The Jellyfish were definitely very cool!!

My cousin's cute kids Gavin & Sarah & my little rascals.

Here's Austin describing the Jelly Fish

One good thing about the aquarium is season passes aren't too spendy (the cost of two admissions)--and they'll let you visit it first then if you decide to get a pass you just pay the 2nd half--if we lived closer (it's almost 40 miles) we'd probably get them. --But if you haven't been I'd definitely suggest it.