Goodbye Aquarium

We went to the aquarium this week probably for the last time. The kids really got a lot out of our visit this time, more so than in the past. They loved seeing all the fish. Matthew tried to put his arm around Anna for one of the pictures by the tank, but she didn't like it.

Matthew loved touching everything in the touch pool, but Anna DID NOT want to touch anything today. Last time we went (a little less than a year ago) it was the other way around. How things change. ;) Look how Anna's arms are pinned to her chest. Poor Anna.

Matthew was very excited about seeing everything.

His favorite things to see were these big lobster looking guys. They were huge and we got to watch them being fed. They sort of freaked out when the food first started drifting down and then ate furiously. Matthew called them "monsters" 'cause that's his little misnomer for lobsters, but they really did look kind of monster like. I think I might swim away if I saw one in the ocean.

And speaking of creepy sea life, I think these take the cake. I think they are called garden eels or something. They slink out of the sand and then pull back in to hide. Here they are getting fed and moving every which way to catch their food. Shudder. Matthew thought they were neat.

And here we are posing in some shark jaws.
Not at all creepy.
Matthew was trying to imitate the shark mouth.

At the BIG tank...Matthew was too distracted to look at the camera.
So much to see.

Matthew was hamming it up for a school girl group that thought he was cute. Anna was trying to do what he was doing, since he was getting such a good response, but she couldn't quite figure it out.

On the way back to the car we got to use the aquarium umbrellas. Matthew liked having his own umbrella to hold, but he was very worried we might run into some mist, since there was a misting machine going when we came in. Luckily for him they turned it off on account of the rain. He was still a little nervous about it though.
We've been lucky to live very near two big and nice aquariums at our last two assignments (Monterey and here) and we really enjoyed visiting them. Since we won't be living by the sea anymore (first time in 10 years for me) we'll have different, non-sea related adventures in Colorado. I love the mountains too, and we'll have the novelty of snow (brrr!). So that should keep us well entertained! Goodbye aquarium!! We'll miss you!