Finding Nemo (and his flashlight)
Yesterday both myself and my lovely bride had the day off for Veteran's Day. So, in order to fittingly honor our vets, we decided to make a patriotic journey to....the Adventure Aquarium. Of course, we did this to benefit our little captain Nemo... he had been there before, but last time he was too young to walk, so we figured that he'd be much more into it this time.
Well, he was into something, alright-- the lights. Yeah, you read that right. He was much more interested in the colored lighting all around than the actual undersea cornucopia in front of him 90% of the time we were there. For example:
"Ohhh, look Aidan! See the big fishy?"
"A light!"
*sigh*
"Yup."
"A BLUE light!"
"Yup. Hey, look at the eel! It's like a snake underwater!"
"Snake has a light?"
*sigh*
"Yup. Snake has a light."
I will say, however, he got a kick out of splashing around in the water in the Please Touch area....which, by the way, has a friggin' JELLYFISH tank in. what kind of a sick bastard lets kids touch jellyfish? I mean, yeah, they probably weren't the stinging kind, but...you never know. I've learned not to put ANYTHING past those gooey little freaks. But I digress. Aidan almost touched a lobster, and he almost touched a ray....really, the tanks were too deep for his little arms to get to the bottom of.
He also seemed to enjoy the hippos... he was pretty tired by the time we got to them, but he giggled and kicked his legs. Which, according to my Toddler to English dictionary (3rd ed.) means "Hey, neat! Can we get one?" Other things he enjoyed were: turning the crank on the penny flattening machine, itching his butt, watching Spongebob on TV in the gift shop, crawling into an alcove, and running away from us. Overall, it was a fun day for all involved-- although apparently we should have just taken him to the home lighting section at Lowes and saved $40.
One more thing-- the little girl went to her first football game Saturday as the Nittany Lions annihilated Temple like eleventy-billion to negative 4. Early reports are that she enjoyed it, as she was kicking quite a bit during the game itself.
Well, he was into something, alright-- the lights. Yeah, you read that right. He was much more interested in the colored lighting all around than the actual undersea cornucopia in front of him 90% of the time we were there. For example:
"Ohhh, look Aidan! See the big fishy?"
"A light!"
*sigh*
"Yup."
"A BLUE light!"
"Yup. Hey, look at the eel! It's like a snake underwater!"
"Snake has a light?"
*sigh*
"Yup. Snake has a light."
I will say, however, he got a kick out of splashing around in the water in the Please Touch area....which, by the way, has a friggin' JELLYFISH tank in. what kind of a sick bastard lets kids touch jellyfish? I mean, yeah, they probably weren't the stinging kind, but...you never know. I've learned not to put ANYTHING past those gooey little freaks. But I digress. Aidan almost touched a lobster, and he almost touched a ray....really, the tanks were too deep for his little arms to get to the bottom of.
He also seemed to enjoy the hippos... he was pretty tired by the time we got to them, but he giggled and kicked his legs. Which, according to my Toddler to English dictionary (3rd ed.) means "Hey, neat! Can we get one?" Other things he enjoyed were: turning the crank on the penny flattening machine, itching his butt, watching Spongebob on TV in the gift shop, crawling into an alcove, and running away from us. Overall, it was a fun day for all involved-- although apparently we should have just taken him to the home lighting section at Lowes and saved $40.
One more thing-- the little girl went to her first football game Saturday as the Nittany Lions annihilated Temple like eleventy-billion to negative 4. Early reports are that she enjoyed it, as she was kicking quite a bit during the game itself.
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