Shedd Aquaruim

Here are some pictures of our trip to the aquarium.
Since I got the Museum Pass from the library and Erin is a member, we were a large group that day. 5 moms and 9 kids (I was the only one with only one kid), including Kim, Karly and Kyra! Karly enjoyed seeing a turtle up close and while the divers swam around with nets, we saw some cool fish in the big tank. We spotted this big fish, as well as an eel!

We were lucky to have caught the Dolphin show (where Kyra seemed a little more interested in climbing the steps and Karly said the show was too short). hahaha! We liked seeing the dolphins from below too. AJ and I liked the penguins, especially since we had been reading a book about penguins just that week! They were very active and were diving, swimming and sliding. One seemed to be leading a game of tag underwater and another was diving in and shooting out, reminding me of how as kids we would do the same thing...dive in, pop out and dive in again! AJ and Kyra had a snack together on the carpet in front of the penguin habitat and I took this picture of the cousins sitting together. Aren't they cute!


In the Amazon Rising exhibit, we saw this huge lizard lounging on a branch. He was about 4.5 ft long! We also saw HUGE, fat snakes and decided Brandon would have been squirming...kind of like Indiana Jones? AJ seemed to like the trip and dealt pretty well with popping in and out of the stroller. Not many places to let him out to crawl. He might be happier once walking is his main transportation mode, though he'd be harder for me to keep in line!! Careful what you wish for, right?
I love that Kim and the girls were able to come in for the museum adventure this time!